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BEFORE THE GATE<br />

SECOND CITIZEN.<br />

or a Sunday,<br />

When we have time for it, a. tale of war<br />

And warlike doings far away in Turkey­<br />

Row they are busy killing one another.<br />

'Tis pleasant to stand gazing from the window,<br />

Draining your glass at times, and looking on<br />

S9<br />

Well! give me, on a saint's day,<br />

The painted barges calmly gliding down<br />

The easy river. Then the homeward walk<br />

In the cool evening hour; this makes the heart<br />

Glad, and at peace with all things and itself.<br />

Yes! give me peace at home, and peaceful times!<br />

THIRD CITIZEN. Aye, so say I-break every head<br />

abroad-<br />

Turn all things topsy· turvy, so they leave us<br />

Quiet at home.<br />

Ha! but<br />

OLD WQ;\.LL'i (to the Citizen's Daughters).<br />

you are nieely dressed,<br />

And very pretty creatures-you'll win hearts<br />

To.day-aye, that you will-only don't look<br />

SIo very proud-yes! that is something betterknow<br />

what my young pets are wishing for,<br />

And thinking of, and they shall have it too !<br />

CITIZEN'S DAUGHTER. Come, Agatha, come on-I'd<br />

not be seen<br />

With the old witch in public; yet she showed<br />

me,<br />

2.n last St. Andrew's night, in flesh and blood,<br />

my future lover.<br />

M THE OTHER. In the glass she showed<br />

~ mine. The figure was a soldier's, and<br />

iVlth him a band of gay bold fellows. Since.<br />

D have been looking round, and seeking for him,<br />

ut all in vain-'tis folly-he won't come.<br />

A! S?LDIER. Towns utith turrets, walls, and fences,<br />

al<strong>de</strong>ns with their haughty glances,<br />

These the 801dier seeks with ardour,<br />

1 ay to conquer which is har<strong>de</strong>r?<br />

1 eath and danger he <strong>de</strong>spise8,<br />

Vhen he looh upon the prizes.<br />

<strong>©Biblioteca</strong> <strong>Nacional</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Colombia</strong>

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