When The Rough Storm Roars Round The Peasant's Cot

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Title:     When The Rough Storm Roars Round The Peasant's Cot
Author: Thomas Gent [More Titles by Gent]

When the rough storm roars round the peasant's cot,
And bursting thunders roll their awful din;
While shrieks the frighted night-bird o'er the spot,
Oh! what serenity remains within!
For there contentment, health, and peace, abide,
And pillow'd age, with calm eye fix'd above;
Labour's bold son, his blithe and blooming bride,
And lisping innocence, and filial love.
To such a scene let proud Ambition turn,
Whose aching breast conceals its secret woe;
Then shall his fireful spirit melt, and mourn
The mild enjoyments it can never know;
Then shall he feel the littleness of state,
And sigh that fortune e'er had made him great.

[The end]
Thomas Gent's poem: When The Rough Storm Roars Round The Peasant's Cot

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