Henry Livingston, Jr.
Henry Livingston's Poetry



To his charming black-ey'd niece
Uncle Harry wishest peace!



Wishes roses ever strow'd
O'er her sublunary road!



No rude winds around her howl
O'er her head no tempests scowl;



No red lightnings flash around
No loud thunders rock the ground!



Bright has been her morning sun



Brighter still be that to come!



All a blue serene above,



Within, all innocence & love.







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To my little niece ANNE DUYCKINCK,
aged 9 years.


SWEET as op'ning roses are
As 'th expanded lilly fair
Blithsome as the breathing day
Smiling as the smiling May
Heav'n itself her feeling mind
Loveliest of the lovely kind
Is my Daphne - sweetest maid
That e'er sported in the glade

When beneath the nodding grove
She inclines to muse or rove
Airs of Eden float around
Flow'rs spontaneous deck the ground
Cupids clap their wings about her
Life itself's not life without her.
                R.








        
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