PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . T HE CONCLUSION i jijterthe Manner 0/Horace, ad librum fuum. DEar ventrous Book, een take thy Will,And fcowp around the Warld thy fill;Wow! yere newfangle to be teen,In guilded Turky clade, and giddy Thing! to dare thy Fate,And fpang oer Dikes that fear the blate sBut mind when anes yere to the Bent,( Altho in vain ) ye may repent,Alake, Im flied thou aften meetA Gang that will thee fourly treat,And ca* thee dull for a thy Pains,^hen Damps diikefs their drouzie Brains* C 3*3 jf [ dinna doubt whilit thou art new,Thoult Favour find frae not a few:But when thourt
PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . T HE CONCLUSION i jijterthe Manner 0/Horace, ad librum fuum. DEar ventrous Book, een take thy Will,And fcowp around the Warld thy fill;Wow! yere newfangle to be teen,In guilded Turky clade, and giddy Thing! to dare thy Fate,And fpang oer Dikes that fear the blate sBut mind when anes yere to the Bent,( Altho in vain ) ye may repent,Alake, Im flied thou aften meetA Gang that will thee fourly treat,And ca* thee dull for a thy Pains,^hen Damps diikefs their drouzie Brains* C 3*3 jf [ dinna doubt whilit thou art new,Thoult Favour find frae not a few:But when thourt rufld and forlorn,Sair thumbd by ilka Coof or Bairn 5Then, then by Age you may grow wife,And ken Things common gies nae PricesId fret, waes me ! to fee thee lyBeneath the Bottom of a Pye,Or cowd out Page by Page to wrapUp Snuff or Sweeties in a Shap. Away fie Fears, gae fpread my Fame3And fix me an immortal Name;Ages to come fhall thee revive,And gar thee with new Honours future Criticks I forfeeShall have th
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