JOHN BROWN, OR A PLAIN MAN’S PHILOSOPHY.

I.

I’ve a guinea I can spend,

I’ve a wife, and I’ve a friend,

And a troop of little children at my knee, John Brown;

I’ve a cottage of my own

With the ivy overgrown,

And a garden with a view of the sea, John Brown;

I can sit at my door

By my shady sycamore,