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CC-H.774.009
15-22 Feb 1774:41 (478)
WINTER. A PASTORAL SONG.
When the trees are all base, not a leaf to be seen,
And the meadows their beauty have lost;
When nature's disrob'd of her mantle of green
And the streams are fast bound with the frost,
. . . [31 lines]
A SKETCH OF HUMAN LIFE.
The various seasons of the year,
As they successively appear,
Life's stages, as they roll display,
And much morality convey,
. . . [4 lines]
[the following lines are only remarkable on account of the
age of the writer, now living in the town of Sharon, in this
colony who composed and wrote them in the 96th year of his
age]
J have liv'd out full ninety years and five,
O wonderful! that I am still alive!
Having my understanding clear and bright,
Now as an Acrostic on my name to write.
. . . [1 verse, first letters MARVIN]
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