The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Gentle shepherd. P. The bees {hall loath the flower, and quit the hive, The faughs on boggie-ground {hall ceafe to thrive, Ere crnfull queans, or 10129 of warldly gear, Shall fpill my felt, or ever'force a tear. R. Sae might Ifay; but 'tis no eafy done By ane whafe fan] is Tadly out of tune. You have fae faft a voice, and flid a tongue, You are the darling of baith auld and young. If I but ettle at a fang, or fpeak, They dit their lugs, fyne up their leglens cleek; And jeer me hameward frae the loan or bught, While I'm confus'd with mony a vexing thought, Yet I am tall, and as well built as thee, Nor mair unlikely to a lafs's eye; For ilka {heep ye have, I'll number ten, And lhould, as ane may think, come farer ben. P. But ablins, nibour, ye have not a heart, And downa eithly wi' your cunzie part. If that be true, what fignifies your gear? A mind that's ferimpit never wants fome care. R. My byar tumbled, nine braw nowt were fmoor'd, Three elf-{hot were; yet I thefe ills endur'd In winter laflt, my cares were very fma.

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