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ay, canst thou face the flaky snaw nor shrink before the warping wind? can that saft and gentlest men, severest hardships learn to bear? or, sad regret each court, scene, where thou wert fairest of the fair? &c

Nanny can'st thou love so true, thro' perils keen wi' me to gae? when thy swain mishap shall rue, to share wi' him the pangs o' wae? nd when invading pains befal, wilt thou assume the nurse's care? or wishful, those gay scenes recal, where thou wert fairest of the fair,

nd when, at last, thy love shall die, wilt thou receive his parting breath? rilt thou repress esch struggling sigh, and cheer with smiles the bed of death? nd wilt thou o'er his much lov'd day. strew flowers, and drop the tender tear, for then regret those edenes to gay, where thou wert fairest of the fair? &c.

The Pitcher.

's not yet day, it's not yet day, then why thould we leave your liquor, all the fun beams around us play, we'll lit and take the other pitcher, he ſilver moon she ſhines ſo bright he ſhines moſt bright-I ſwear by Nature,