| 02 | | Children of the future Age. | | 03 | | Reading this indignant page; | | 04 | | Know that in a former time, | | 05 | | Love! sweet Love! was thought a crime. |
| 06 | | In the Age of Gold, | | 07 | | Free from winters cold; | | 08 | | Youth and maiden bright. | | 09 | | To the holy light, | | 10 | | Naked in the sunny beams delight. |
| 11 | | Once a youthful pair | | 12 | | Fill'd with softest care; | | 13 | | Met in garden bright, | | 14 | | Where the holy light, | | 15 | | Had just removd the curtains of the night. |
| 16 | | There in rising day. | | 17 | | On the grass they play: | | 18 | | Parents were afar; | | 19 | | Strangers came not near: | | 20 | | And the maiden soon forgot her fear. |
| 21 | | Tired with kisses sweet | | 22 | | They agree to meet, | | 23 | | When the silent sleep | | 24 | | Waves o'er heavens deep; | | 25 | | And the weary tired wanderers weep. |
| 26 | | To her father white | | 27 | | Came the maiden bright: | | 28 | | But his loving look. | | 29 | | Like the holy book, | | 30 | | All her tender limbs with terror shook. |
| 31 | | Ona! pale and weak! | | 32 | | To thy father speak: | | 33 | | O the trembling fear! | | 34 | | O the dismal care! hair | | 35 | | That shakes the blossoms of my hoary |
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