Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 219 of 258
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# Page 201 This is a page of running poetry text from what appears to be a Victorian narrative work. The verse, numbered 201, addresses someone named Nina, invoking tenderness and blessing for "my happy home." The poem employs elaborate Romantic imagery—referencing the painter Rubens, wreathed flowers, cherubs, and ambrosia—to express wishes that love and kindness will protect the speaker's domestic life and create cherished memories. The ornate, sentimental language is typical of Victorian popular verse.
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201 Wooed by the voice of tenderness, Unite my happy home to bless. As round that lovely pictured wreath Where Rubens bid his pencil breathe, Where touched with all its magic power Glow the rich colours of each flower, Attendant cherubs sweetly join, And all their odorous wing's entwine; One cherub guards each blushing flower, And pure ambrosia seems to shower : So, Nina, o’er each peaceful day, Protecting love and kindness play, And shed o’er. each some balmy pleasure That grateful memory loves to treasure! Connicloooks. conn