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 Yet all my skill To have my will. Has fail'd outright.

I marvel why You wish to try A city life; Pleas'd as you were With rural care, And free from strife.

Manners and men You'd better ken Among the throng; But the young breast Is nurtur'd best Mid Nature's song.

I've heard that those Who pass for beaux, In lofty stations,