A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Descriptive Songs/The Cricket

by John Davis

For works with similar titles, see The Cricket.

2. The Cricket.

Little guest with merry throat,
Chirping by the taper light,
Come, prolong thy blithesome note,
Welcome songster of the night.

Here enjoy a calm retreat,
In my chimney safely dwell;
No rude hand thy haunt shall beat,
Or chase thee from thy lonely cell.

Come, recount me all thy woes,
While around us sighs the gale;
Or, rejoiced to find repose,
Charm me with a merry tale.

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