Winifreda; Stevens' "Rural Felicity" (Vol. iv., p. 277.).
—For a repetition of the sentiment by Stevens, vide also his "Parent:"
"A fond father's bliss is to number his race,
And exult on the bloom that just buds on their face,
With their prattle he'll dearly himself entertain,
And read in their smiles their loved mother again;
Men of pleasure be mute, this is life's lovely view,
When we look on our young ones our youth we renew."
Stevens' Songs, Tolly's ed. 1823. p. 223.
J. B. COLMAN.