Robin Adair (Glasgow)/The Wealth of the Cottage is Love

The wealth of the cottage is love.

A blessing unknown to ambition and pride,
 that fortune can never aba'e
To wealth and to splendor, though often denied
 yet on poverty deigns to await,
That blessing ye pow'rs Oh be it my lot,
 the choicest best gift from above,
Deep fix'd in my heart be it never forgot,
 that the wealth of the cottage is love.
The wealth. &c.

Thate'er my condition why should I repine
 by poverty never depress,d,
Exulting I own what a treasure is mine,
 a treasure enshrin'd in my breast.
That blessing ye pow'rs Oh be it my lot,
 the choicest best gift from above,
Deep fix'd in my heart be it never forgot,
 that the wealth of the cottage is love.
The wealth &c.