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The beggar was a clever loon, and he lap fhoulder
height,
O ay for (icken quarters as I gat yeflernight.
And we'll go no more a rovhig, &c.
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SONG GVI.
May. Eve : or, Kate of Aberdeen,
THE fiU'er moon's enamour'd beams
Steals foftly through the night,
To wanton with the winding (Ireams,
And kir> reflected light :
To courts begone ! heart foothlng deep,
Where you've fo feidom been,
Whilft I Vliy's wakeful vigil keep .
With Kite of Aberdeen.
The nymphs and fwains expe£Vant wait,
Tn priniiofe chaplets ga}^
Till morn unbars her golden gate,
And gives the promis'd May.
The nymph-, and fwains (hall all declare
The protnis'd May, when Ceen,
Not h,,lf fo fragrant, half fo fair,
As Kate of Aberdeen.
I'll tune my pipe to pliyful notes.
And roufe yo:i nodding grove,
Till new-wak'd birds dilfain their throats.
And hail the maid I love.
At her approach the lark nf 'Ukes,
And quits the new drefs'd g.-eeii :
Fond birds, 'ris riot the tViOrning breaks,
' ris Kate of Aberdeen.
Now hlithf>nie o'rer the dewy mead,
Where elves difporiive play,