[Gutenberg 42915] • The Lazy Minstrel

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OVERTURE.

Within this Volume you will find,

No project to "improve the mind"!

No "purpose" lurks within these lays—

These idle songs of idle days.

They're seldom learnëd, never long—

The best apology for song!

Should e'er they chance to have the pow'r,

To pass away some lazy hour—

They'll serve all "purpose," it is true,

The Minstrel ever had in view!