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PATIE and R O G E R;
A
PASTORAL*
INSCRIBED TO
JOSIAH BURCHET, Esq.
SECRETARY of tie ADMIRALTY.
THE nipping frofts and drivingffla
Are o’er the hills and far awa ;
Bauld Boreas fleeps, the Zephyrs blaw
And ilka thing
. Sae dainty, youthfu’, gay, and bra, 4
Invites to ling.
Then let’s begin by creek of day ;
Kind mufe, Ikiff to the bent away.
To tryanesmair the landart lay,
With a’ thy fpecd,
Since Burchet awns that thou can play f
Upon the reed.
Anes, anes again, beneath fome tree^
Exert thy Ikill and nat’ral glee,
To him wha has fae courteoufly,
To weaker fight,
Yet thefe rude fonnets fung by me yy*
In trueft light.
ix. To •weaker ftght, fd thefe, &c. ] Having done
me the honour of turning fome of my paftoral poepi*-
into Englifli juftly and elegantly.