THE PLAYFUL PETS.
Reading edition
Sure never yet were pets so sleek,
So full of sportive play;
With them the gentle Marian
Will while the hours away.
Ah! childhood has a happiness
To other years unknown,
A joy it finds in slightest things,
A word, a look, a tone!
To it of brighter worlds above
Dim glimpses oft are given—
Alas! that age, which wisdom gains,
Should draw us down from Heaven.
C.
PAINTED BY W. DRUMMOND ENGRAVED BY J. SARTAIN
The Playful Pets.
Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine.