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OF CHOICE SONG S. a||
I did the duty of a wife, both kind and c onftant too;
Let every one example take, and Jenny's plan purfue,
I thought that Jamie he was dead, or he to me was loft
And all my for.d and yoiuhful love entirely was croft :
I tryM to iing, 1 try'd to laugh, and pafs tlie time away.
For I had ne'er a friend ahve fince dy'd Aiild Robin
Gray.
At length the merry bells riing round, I cou'dna
guefs the caufe ;
But Rodney was the man, they faid, who gain'd fo much
applaufe :
I doubted if the tale was true, till Jamie came to me.
And Ihew'd a purfe of golden ore, and faid it is for thee,
Auld Robin Gray I find is dead, and ftill your heart is
true.
Then take me, Jenny, to your arms, and I will be fo
too,
Mefs John fhall join us at the kirk, and we'll be blyth
and gay
I b!u(h'd, confented, and reply'd, Adieu to Robin Gray.
SONG CCLXXIX.
Anna's Urn.
ENcompafs'd in an angel':5 frame,
I An angei*s virtues lay j
Too foon did heav'n alfert its claim.
And call'd its own away.
My Annans worth, my Anna's charms^
Can never more return :
What then fhall fi'l thefe widow'd armSj
Ah me ! my Anna's urn.
Can I forget that blifs refin'd,
Which, bleft with her I knew ? ^
Our hearts in facred bonds entwin'd
Were bound by love too true,