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Windsor, Monday, 18th Dec. 18[37?] -
Retrospection.

To sing the song that lulls to sleep,
So warble the melody that makes to weep,
Is not the muse's vusiness now
But on the past some thought to allow.
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These note's intentions to renovate the mud
To present ideas of a varied kind;
To emit sparks of mental fire
To keep up humor, to depress ire.
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When a strange friend salutes, all hail welcome.
Satisfaction reigns and the company grow [blister...?]
Felicity, matter, and sympathy hearts entertwine
Far more affecting than milk and wine
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Thus my Nights Thoughts and lovely reveries,
When the day is gone afford my mind ease
I first did salute a farewell now I choose
Do a parting tribute I cannot refuse.
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Over the seasons both dreary both and pleasing.
My soul did dwell though I most freezing.
April, May and June offered the world's delights
To the ears musical sounds, to the eyes pretty sig[hts?]
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Enraptured with the scenes while riding by
Till roused from the commune by a start of Paul P[illegible]
Thus luscious Summer and mellow Autumn w[illegible]
Leaving me in Winter retrospective prospective and [illegible]
From my notes I may not depart
May I return with a betters heart. End. -