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, are the never-failing attendants of.

I am, Sir,

Your very humble Servant,

THE

MAID's LAMENTATION.

OME all ye servant maids draw near,

While I my griefs relate,

when the cruel tale you hear,

O learn to shun my fate!

I tho' born of humble race,

By curs'd ambition led,

to fill Rebecca's place,

And shar'd my master's bed,

this I scorn'd poor Billy's love,

Altho, a parson's son;

Whose ever gentle manners prove

His heart was all my own.

My russet gown was laid aside,

And all my best put on;