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MY LOVER.
J T T last I am blest with a lover,
j -|C;' what a lover should be—
Devoted, and constant, and handsome,
Handsome as handsome can be.

Devoted !— devoted, believe me 1
Tie never has left me a day;
I am ever his pride and his darling—•
Without me he cannot be gay.

Me cared for no lovelier lady;
To him I am very fair;
Cortented, he rests on iny bosom,
Kisses my " and t'ny hair.

Handsome !— his cheeks are like roses,
If is head is run over with curls,
II is io rehead is white an a snow drift,
His leeth glimmer clearer than pearls.

His eyest they’re as bright as the sunshine,
With lashes that cannot be beat,
And then I know that you've never
Seen such hands and such feet.

Wealthy? lie's careless of money—
Money io him is but dross;
Silver and gold, for my lover,
Are only for pitch and for toss.

He must have been bom to a fortune—-
lie's lived at hts ease ever .since ;
If you’d see but the style: nf Ms dressing
You'd probably think him a prince.