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(　38　) ANNA.

—"The dearest o' the Quorum."

Yestre'en I had a pint o' wine, A place where body saw na, Yestre'en lay on this breast o' mine, The gowden locks o' Anna. The hungry Jew in wilderness, Rejoicing o'er his manna, Was naething to my hiney bliss. Upon the lips of Anna.

Ye Monarchs, take the East and West, Frae Indus to Savannah; Gi'e me within my straining grasp, The melting form o' Anna. Then I'll despise imperial charms, An Empress or Sultana, While dying raptures in her arms I give and take wi' Anna.