English poem
Social Harmony; or, the Cheerful Songster's Companion, Song
by Anonymous
When little on the village green We play'd, I learn'd to love her, She seem'd to me some fairy queen, So light tripp'd Patty Clover,
With every simple childish art I try'd each day to move her; The cherry pluck d the bleeding heart, To give to patty Clover.
The fairest flow'ts to deck her breast, I chose—an infant lover; I stole the goldfinch from its nest, To give to Patty Clover,