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again thou fair Eliza,

Ae kind blink before we part,

Rew on thy despairing lover!

Canst thou break his faithfu’ heart!

Turn again the fair Eliza;

If to love thy heart denies,

For pity hide the cruel sentence,

Under friendship’s kind disguise!

Thee dear maid, hae I offended?

The offence is loving the:

Canst thou wreck his peace for ever,

Wha for thine would gladly die!

While the life beats in my bosom,

Thou shall mix in ilka throe:

Turn again thou lovely maiden,

Ae sweet smile on me bestow.

Not the bee upon the blossom,

In the pride o’ sinny noon;

Not the little sporting fairy,

All beneath the simmer moon;