Happiness To Hospitality; Or, A Hearty Wish To Good Housekeeping.

First, may the hand of bounty bring     Into the daily offering     Of full provision such a store,     Till that the cook cries: Bring no more.     Upon your hogsheads never fall     A drought of wine, ale, beer, at all;     But, like full clouds, may they from thence     Diffuse their mighty influence.     Next, let the lord and lady here     Enjoy a Christ'ning year by year;     And this good blessing back them still,     T' have boys, and girls too, as they will.     Then from the porch may many a bride     Unto the holy temple ride:     And thence return, short prayers said,     A wife most richly married.     Last, may the bride and bridegroom be     Untouch'd by cold sterility;     But in their springing blood so play,     As that in lusters few they may,     By laughing too, and lying down,     People a city or a town.