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Tobacco to th' Antipodes, and wait Till they have learnt to use and relish it?— Shall I do this, when other marts are near, With open harbours ready to receive her?

Dear Sir, you must not think I will assent To what would mar the long and cherish'd wish Of me and mine. And we had fondly hoped That you had been desirous of this union Between our families.

Your father won my friendship years ago, When with his goodly mien and belted plaid, His merry courtesy and stately step, He moved amongst our burghers at the Cross, As though he had been chieftain o'er us all; And I have since enjoy'd his hospitality, In his proud mountain hold.

I recollect it: proud and glad he was Of such a guest.

Dost thou? Ay, then it was, That, seeing his fair stripling by his side— A graceful creature, full of honest sense And manly courage—I did like the notion, That Alice, then a little skipping child, With years before her still to play about me,