The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV Poems and Plays

Guard thy feelings, pretty Vestal,

From the smooth Intruder free;

Cage thy heart in bars of chrystal,

Lock it with a golden key:

Thro' the bars demurely stealing,

Noiseless footstep, accent dumb,

His approach to none revealing-

Watch, or watch not, LOVE WILL COME.

His approach to none revealing-

Watch, or watch not, Love will come-Love,

Watch, or watch not, Love will come.

Princeps his rent from tinneries draws,

His best friends are refiners;-

What wonder then his other friends

He leaves for under-miners.

The Devil was sick and queasy of late,

And his sleep and his appetite fail'd him;

His ears they hung down, and his tail it was clapp'd

Between his poor hoofs, like a dog that's been rapp'd-

None knew what the devil ail'd him.