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 LADY GRISEL BAILLIE

And now he gaes daund'ring about the dykes, And a' he dow do is to hund the tykes: The live-lang nicht he ne'er steeks his e'c And werena my heart's licht, I wad dee.

Were I but young for thee, as I hac been, We should hac been gallopin' doun in yon green, And linkin' it owre the lily-white lea And wow, gin I were but young for thee '

��WILLIAM CONGREVE

442 False though She be

^ALSE though she be to me and love,

I'll ne'er pursue revenge; For still the charmer I approve, Though I deplore her change.

In hours of bliss we oft have met:

They could not always last ; And though the present I regret,

Tm grateful for the past.

443 A Hue and Cry after Fair Amoret

FAIR Amoret is gone astray Pursue and seek her, ev'ry lover; I'll tell the signs by which you may The wand'ring Shepherdess discover.

441 hund the tykes] direct the dogs. steeks] closes,

linkin'] tripping arm-in-arm.

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