Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 49 of 258
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# CANTO II This is a page of running verse poetry, labeled "CANTO II" at the top. The text consists of two stanzas of rhyming couplets addressing someone who enjoys present happiness, warning against anxiety about future misfortune while encouraging them to savor current joy without doubt or suspicion. The language and form suggest Romantic-era poetry. The page bears stains and age-marks typical of Victorian-era printing. At the bottom appears a printer's mark ("D 2").
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4, ” ar ae ‘7 OH happy you! who blest with present bliss — See not with fatal prescience future tears, | Nor the dear moment of enjoyment miss mre : Through gloomy discontent, or sullen fears _ Foreboding many a storm for coming years ; Chang is the lot ofall. Ourselves with scorn Perhaps shall view what now so fair appears ; i And wonder whence the fancied charm was born Ae, « . 2 é j o ae i Which now with vain despair fromourfond grasp is torn! Mak dS. a he > ¥ j AN 5, , _ Vain schemer, think not to prolong thy joy: eae eh - But cherish while it lasts the heavenly boon ; Expand thy sails! thy little bark shall fly With the full tide of pleasure ! though it soon May feel the influence of the changeful moon, It yet is thine! then let not doubts obscure With cloudy vapours veil thy brilliant noen, No ‘let suspicion’s tainted breath impure Poison the Faygpring gale which speeds thy course se- cure! Ds Connicloookks.CcoOmnn)