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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. = 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. = 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 = 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. = 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?] = 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. -