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TO A BACHELOR FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come and see us, any day
Last Line: Could expect to find it!
Subject(s): Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People


COME and see us, any day;
With his choicest mercies
Heaven has showered my rugged way,
Plenty -- as my verses.
Share my home, O lonely elf,
Cosiest of houses
Wisely ordered, like myself!
By the best of spouses.

Though 't is small upon the ground,
I may fairly mention
Toward the sky it will be found
Of sublime extension.
Narrow is a city-lot,
When you've truly said it;
But the "stories" we have got
You would scarcely credit!

Though the stairs are something tall,
You have but to clamber
Up the fourth; "upon the wall
Is the Prophet's chamber."
Thence my garden you may view,
Kept with costly labor,
Specially for me and you,
By my wealthy neighbor.

Books, you hardly need be told --
Wait your welcome coming;
Some I warrant -- mainly old --
Worthy of your thumbing.
For the rest, I only swear,
Though they're rather recent,
You will find the printing fair,
And the binding decent.

Breakfast? -- Mutton-chops at eight
(Cook will do them nicely).
Dinner? -- What you choose to state,
Served at two precisely.
Bed? -- Delicious (not a few
Were the swans who lined it)
As a bachelor, like you,
Could expect to find it!





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