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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 />
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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 />
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