[MORAL SONG] II. Innocent Play. Isaac Watts Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T185045 K123515.000 Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748. Divine songs: attempted in easy language for the use of children. By I. Watts, D.D. London Printed for J. Buckland; J. F. and C. Rivington; T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. Field; and E. and C. Dilly 1777 pp. 45-46. xii,58,[2]p.; 12⁰.

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[ MORAL SONG ] II . Innocent Play . I. A Broad in the Meadows to see the young Lambs Run sporting about by the Side of their Dams , With Fleeces so clean and so white ; Or a Nest of young Doves in a large open Cage , When they play all in Love , without Anger or Rage , How much may we learn from the Sight ? II . If we had been Ducks , we might dabble in Mud ; Or Dogs , we might play till it ended in Blood ; So foul and so fierce are their Natures : But Thomas and William , and such pretty Names , Should be cleanly and harmless as Doves , or as Lambs , Those lovely sweet innocent Creatures . III . Not a Thing that we do , nor a Word that we say , Should hinder another in Jesting or Play ; For he's still in earnest that's hurt : How rude are the Boys that throw Pebbles and Mire ! There's none but a Madman will fling about Fire , And tell you , " 'Tis all but in Sport . "