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©F CHOICE SONGS. 243
Be^ careful no bafe fordid flave,
With foul fuuk in a golden grave,
Who knows no virtue but to fave,
With glaring gold bewitch her :
Tell her, fur me (he was defign'^d,
For me, who knows how to be kind,
And have more plenty in my mind
Than one who's ten times richer*
Let all the world turn iipfide down.
And fools run an eternal round,
In queft of what ne'er can be found,
To pleafe their vain ambition :
Let little minds great charms efpy
In lliadows which at diftance lie,
Whofe hop'd-for pleafures, when come nigh,
Prove nothing in fruition.
But caft into a mould divine.
Fair Delia does with luftre fliine.
Her virtuous foul's an ample mine.
Which yields a conftant treafure :
Let poets, in fublimeft lays.
Employ their fldll her fame to ralfe.
Let Tons of mufic pafs whole days.
With welUtun'd reeds to pleafe her.
SONG CCLXXII.
The new %vay of the Highland Laddie.
AH 1 fare a pair was never fcen.
So juR'y form'd to meet by nature.
The youth excelling fo in mien.
The maid in ev'ry graceful feature,
■Chorus.
O how happy are fuch lovers !
When kindred beauties each difcovera,
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