! OM M v L v \: i u 1 L D, 
 
PRETTY 
 
 POEMS, 
 
 SONGS, &c. 
 IN EASY LANGUAGE, 
 
 For the Amusement of 
 
 BY 
 
 TOMMY LOVECHILD. 
 
 CHELMSFORD: 
 Printed and Sold by L M^rsder*. 
 
 Price One Permit, 
 
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 THE SHIP. 
 
 Upon the sea the well trim'd ship doth 
 
 gterrmg its course upon the hriny tide, 
 To distant clime* it moves hv press ol 
 sail, 
 
 Whilst Henv n protect* the crew an< 
 *et>d« the g'aie. 
 
I tti; DOG, 
 
 With faithful diligehcfc 
 The dog your house will keep 
 
 And from the raging wc^f 
 Prelect your tender sheef», 
 
THE TOP, 
 
 Now, Master Henry, as you'> © jood to- 
 
 You are allow'd to have a littk'^Iaj : 
 Go, whip the top, but keep frof idle 
 bo\ s, 
 
 Because their rudeness will but damp 
 your joys. 
 
THE FOX. 
 
 Old Reynard the fox 
 
 Is certaia to slay 
 The hens and the cock* 
 That come tfi hia wsf 
 
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 HIE ASS. 
 
 The ass, tho* mean, does, by his lira 
 Oblige a horse to run awrty : 
 This beast is useful to the pony, 
 To carry sand from door to dottf. 
 
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 THE OWL. 
 
 The owl for wisdom has been often 
 priz'd, 
 
 Alt ho' her plumage is by sdsne deapis'd t 
 Bill mark, the truth ! — If thou with sense 
 art blest, 
 
 No matter what the garb in which we're 
 dreat; 
 
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 THE MOUSE. 
 
 t'he little mouse 
 
 Dot It skip an<l play ; 
 H« ruoi at night, 
 
 And sleeps by day. 
 
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 FHE NIC [I'll NGALE-. 
 
 The nightingale doth, aw cetlv s'ib^, 
 Fo welcome in the rising spring; 
 
 hen this sweet bird leave* ofl'hissung^ 
 a silence is the featber'd throng. 
 
GRAPES 
 
 See, here are the grape* 
 
 Which the fox did want $ 
 
 Tho' quite high he leaps, 
 7 at reach them he can't 
 
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 INDUSTRY. 
 
 The bees, industrious, $warm around 
 the hive, 
 
 And for support most vigilant! v strive . 
 So let us labour in the state we're plae'd, 
 Because by indolence we are disgrae'd! 
 
 to 
 
 Marsden, Printer^ Ch^msford. 
 
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