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THE GENTLE SHEPHERD. S9
The fwecteft fruits that hing upon the tree.
Are far inferior to a kiis of thee.
Pesgy. But Patrick for fome wicked end may fieech,
I And larubs fhou'd tremble when the foxes preach.
I darna ftay ;— ye joker, let me gang ,• "1
Anither lafs may gar ye change your fang ; f-
Your thoughts may flit, and I may thole the wrang. J
Patie. Sooner a mother fliall her I'ondnefs drap.
And wrang the bairn fits fmiling on her lap:
The fun (liall change, the moon to change (hall ceafe.
The gaits to dim— the ftieep to yield the fleece.
Ere ought by me be either faid or doon.
Shall flcaith our love, I fwear by a' aboon.
PsiSy- Then keep your aith— Rut mouy lads wiU
fwear.
And be manrworn to twa in half a year ;
Now I believe ye like me wonder wiel ;
But if a fairer face your heart fliou'd Ileal,
Your Meg, forfaken, boocleis might relate,
1-lovv fhe was dauted anes by faithlefs Pate.
Pat'e. I'm fure I canna change, ye needna fear,
Tho' we're bur young, I've loo'd you mony a year :
I mind it wiel, when thou cou'dft hardly gang.
Or lifp out words, I choos'd ye frae the thrang
Of a' the bairns, and led thee by the hand,
Aft to the tanfy know or rafliy ftrand ;
Thou fmiling by my fide— 1 took delight
To pou the ralhes green, wi' roots fae white.
Of which, as wiel as my young fancy cou'd,
For thee I plet the flow'ry belt and fnood-
Peg,^y. When firft thou gade wi' fliepherds to the
And 1 to milk the ews firft try'J my fkill, (W'h-
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