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Hen firſt I came to be a man,

of twenty years or ſo,

I thought myſelf a handſome youth,

and fain the world would know.

In beſt attire I ſtept abroad,

with ſpirit briſk and gay,

And here, and there, and every where,

was like a morn in May.

I had no care nor fear of want,

but rambled up and down;

And for a beau I might have paſs'd,

in country or in town:

I ſtill was pleas'd where'er I went,

and when I was alone,

I tun'd my pipe, and pleas'd myſelf,

with John of Badenyon.

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Now in the days of youthful prime,

a miſtreſs I muſt find,

For love they ſay, gives one an air,

and e'en improves the mind:

On Phillis, fair above the reſt,

kind fortune fix'd my eyes,

Her piercing beauty ſtruck my heart,

and I became her prize.