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Poetry.
AiiH Nature ' s smile- rou'd p . eas-. ire gie , When Colin woo d me on he green ; Ilk season brou In ¦ e > . joys to me , But p leasure ' s lied frae lucxless Jean . JJae mair he blithsonie lih I hear Ofyo » nkers singing ;» t ihe plough I /_ . ' round ne seems a depart drear ,. Where waving lenty n , e my view .
p Whene ' er I steal along the b . rn , Wh .-re aft sae merry I hae bti n , Ilk mavis seems wi' me lo mourn , Ilk Imtwhite pities luckless Je . » n ! How lang will poor deluded man Against Ins brilhei-dra his .-. word ! To shield abase oppress ! 'edan , The titled knave and pamper'd lord :
Come , meek-ey'd Peace ! thy olive wave , La ig --irne awand ' rer hast thou been : Thy smiles frae deaih may thousands save , And bring her love to luckless Jean 1 THE JOLLY BEGGAR . A SOXG . IV R ITTEN BY E . S J .
THEIIE was a jolly beggar , and hedidlaug ' and sing , [ mea ! -p .. ke string ; Ae night he cam a begging , and ioua ' cl liis It was cauld , and it was wa » , the gudewife bad him ben : But ere at morn she heard the horn , She ru'd fou sair th-il she let thejolly beggar in .
Thejolly beggar leugh , and the jolly beggar -ang [ gar trad na g . iiig ; . And when late it cam at night the beg-But the jolly beggar leiigh , and craci . 'd and tel't his tale ; The gudewife scauld , for she was bauld , But he swore he wad nagang , without a soup o ' cale .
The jolly beggar gripped her round about the waist . [ half sae kiss ' t ; And 0 ! never in her hale life was she For the gndeman he wasgane far frae his vogie dame—Thejolly beggar leugh , the jolly beggar sang , [ man wad come hame . And the gudewife little though : her gude-For she ' e him a blanketand sought a
ga , pickle st raw , [ by the wa ; Aside the fire she laid him fou warmly Oargudeman winna come hame , and I'll a . va to bed . The heal her blaz'd , her heart was pleas'd , And the jolly beggar bhnk'd , a : id saw her charms display'd . The fire caught the straw-bed when he was
half asleep , [ did creep , And in ayoiit the gudewife the beggar he she never spak a word , but silent lay aside him , When at the door she heard a stour , And the jolly beggar she kent na where to hide him .
For the gudeman sent the door to the wa ' wi' a jee , I wat the jolly beggar he was 11 , 3 . ' fou o glee . He grip ! htm by the collar , and pou'd mm out o'becl , Nor wranu'd him , but bang'd him—But O ! tlibjolly beggar prov'd to be the Laird .
' Keep the rent , had yourtongue , your wife I never toucn'd her . ' ' Ye lie , ptOL . d Laird , ye lie—I ' m sure ye hae debauch'd her . ' Up then sprang the liel wife , and she at her gudeman ' s hair , She tugg'd it , and rugg'd it , Till he swore both loud and lang he'd '
never say sae mair . Now the jolly beggar flang the duddies o'e r his back , [ them in a crack . But when he got near his h ;> use he chang'd f . ie g- 'deman he crept to bed , and lay aside ins wife , He sav'd nis rent , and was content—Sae was thejolly beggar , as I will lay my my life .
ELEGIAC STANZAS , W 1 UTTEN ON THE FOUl'TH OF MAY , I / 97 » . BY DR . PERFECT . WHILE the winds whistle through the robes of May , A nd id showers deform the vernal scene ;
rap WhileSol withholds his animating ray , Behind yon sornbrous cloud conceal'd his mien—Say , shall the Muse to melancholy yield , Her bard to sadne . s sink a willing prey , The recent wounds of fell disease unheal'd , Be lost to all that's cheerful , blithe , and gay ?
Winter , be thine a momentary reign , Young Spring forbids thy long extended stay , Thy ludeintrusion eyes with warm disdain , And spreads her pinions o ' er affrighted May . Come , lovely Spring , resume thy flow ' ry space [ joys ;
With all thy varied train of gif . s and Far from thv presence chilling Boreas chase , ' [ noys . Whose visage premature thy peace an-She comes , in purple drest—her fears subside , FairNature meets herwith a genial smile ; Zephvrush . iils his fascinating bride , And flings her fragrance o ' er the blady soil ;
WhileHope , supporter of the human breast , Sheds gentle radiance o ' er the gloomy mead ; [ pre 5 Jd , Teac ling the heart , desponding and op-The port of health and happiness to find .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
AiiH Nature ' s smile- rou'd p . eas-. ire gie , When Colin woo d me on he green ; Ilk season brou In ¦ e > . joys to me , But p leasure ' s lied frae lucxless Jean . JJae mair he blithsonie lih I hear Ofyo » nkers singing ;» t ihe plough I /_ . ' round ne seems a depart drear ,. Where waving lenty n , e my view .
p Whene ' er I steal along the b . rn , Wh .-re aft sae merry I hae bti n , Ilk mavis seems wi' me lo mourn , Ilk Imtwhite pities luckless Je . » n ! How lang will poor deluded man Against Ins brilhei-dra his .-. word ! To shield abase oppress ! 'edan , The titled knave and pamper'd lord :
Come , meek-ey'd Peace ! thy olive wave , La ig --irne awand ' rer hast thou been : Thy smiles frae deaih may thousands save , And bring her love to luckless Jean 1 THE JOLLY BEGGAR . A SOXG . IV R ITTEN BY E . S J .
THEIIE was a jolly beggar , and hedidlaug ' and sing , [ mea ! -p .. ke string ; Ae night he cam a begging , and ioua ' cl liis It was cauld , and it was wa » , the gudewife bad him ben : But ere at morn she heard the horn , She ru'd fou sair th-il she let thejolly beggar in .
Thejolly beggar leugh , and the jolly beggar -ang [ gar trad na g . iiig ; . And when late it cam at night the beg-But the jolly beggar leiigh , and craci . 'd and tel't his tale ; The gudewife scauld , for she was bauld , But he swore he wad nagang , without a soup o ' cale .
The jolly beggar gripped her round about the waist . [ half sae kiss ' t ; And 0 ! never in her hale life was she For the gndeman he wasgane far frae his vogie dame—Thejolly beggar leugh , the jolly beggar sang , [ man wad come hame . And the gudewife little though : her gude-For she ' e him a blanketand sought a
ga , pickle st raw , [ by the wa ; Aside the fire she laid him fou warmly Oargudeman winna come hame , and I'll a . va to bed . The heal her blaz'd , her heart was pleas'd , And the jolly beggar bhnk'd , a : id saw her charms display'd . The fire caught the straw-bed when he was
half asleep , [ did creep , And in ayoiit the gudewife the beggar he she never spak a word , but silent lay aside him , When at the door she heard a stour , And the jolly beggar she kent na where to hide him .
For the gudeman sent the door to the wa ' wi' a jee , I wat the jolly beggar he was 11 , 3 . ' fou o glee . He grip ! htm by the collar , and pou'd mm out o'becl , Nor wranu'd him , but bang'd him—But O ! tlibjolly beggar prov'd to be the Laird .
' Keep the rent , had yourtongue , your wife I never toucn'd her . ' ' Ye lie , ptOL . d Laird , ye lie—I ' m sure ye hae debauch'd her . ' Up then sprang the liel wife , and she at her gudeman ' s hair , She tugg'd it , and rugg'd it , Till he swore both loud and lang he'd '
never say sae mair . Now the jolly beggar flang the duddies o'e r his back , [ them in a crack . But when he got near his h ;> use he chang'd f . ie g- 'deman he crept to bed , and lay aside ins wife , He sav'd nis rent , and was content—Sae was thejolly beggar , as I will lay my my life .
ELEGIAC STANZAS , W 1 UTTEN ON THE FOUl'TH OF MAY , I / 97 » . BY DR . PERFECT . WHILE the winds whistle through the robes of May , A nd id showers deform the vernal scene ;
rap WhileSol withholds his animating ray , Behind yon sornbrous cloud conceal'd his mien—Say , shall the Muse to melancholy yield , Her bard to sadne . s sink a willing prey , The recent wounds of fell disease unheal'd , Be lost to all that's cheerful , blithe , and gay ?
Winter , be thine a momentary reign , Young Spring forbids thy long extended stay , Thy ludeintrusion eyes with warm disdain , And spreads her pinions o ' er affrighted May . Come , lovely Spring , resume thy flow ' ry space [ joys ;
With all thy varied train of gif . s and Far from thv presence chilling Boreas chase , ' [ noys . Whose visage premature thy peace an-She comes , in purple drest—her fears subside , FairNature meets herwith a genial smile ; Zephvrush . iils his fascinating bride , And flings her fragrance o ' er the blady soil ;
WhileHope , supporter of the human breast , Sheds gentle radiance o ' er the gloomy mead ; [ pre 5 Jd , Teac ling the heart , desponding and op-The port of health and happiness to find .