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Gloomy December.
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Wild as the winter now tearing the foreft,
Till the laft leaf o* the fummer is flown,
Such is the tempeft has fhaken my bofom,
Till my laft hope and laft comfort is gone:
Still as 1 hail thee, thou gloomy December,
Still fhall 1 hail thee w' for row and care;
For fad was the parting thou makes me reir< •■- I
•Parking wi' Nancy, Oh, ne'er to meet {pair.

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