PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . QQQ^QCQQQ^QQQ^QQQQ^QGQa;: Spoken to three young Ladies\who wonkhave me to determine which, of thenwas the honniejh ME anes three Beauties did far round,And ilka Beauty gave a Wound, Whilft they with (failing Eye,Said, Allan, which think ye maift fair ?Gie Judgment frankly, never fpare. Hard is the Task faid I;But added, feeing them fae free,Ladies ye maun fay malr to me, And my Demand right fair is;Firft, like the gay Celeftial Three,Shaw a your Charms, and then hae wi yea Faith I fhall be your Pans. „ is-- rj* W - Al via? j A* t 317 3. A N EPISTLE T O [ A M E s Arbuckle
PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . QQQ^QCQQQ^QQQ^QQQQ^QGQa;: Spoken to three young Ladies\who wonkhave me to determine which, of thenwas the honniejh ME anes three Beauties did far round,And ilka Beauty gave a Wound, Whilft they with (failing Eye,Said, Allan, which think ye maift fair ?Gie Judgment frankly, never fpare. Hard is the Task faid I;But added, feeing them fae free,Ladies ye maun fay malr to me, And my Demand right fair is;Firft, like the gay Celeftial Three,Shaw a your Charms, and then hae wi yea Faith I fhall be your Pans. „ is-- rj* W - Al via? j A* t 317 3. A N EPISTLE T O [ A M E s Arbuckle of Bel-faft, A. M. Edinburgh i Jan, 1719! r% S Errant Knight with Sword and Piftol,JLJl Beftrides his Steed with mighty Fiftle |Then ftands fome Time in jumbled SwithsrTo ride in this Road or that ither 5At laft fpurs on, and diftia care forA how, a what Way, or a-wherefore. II H m E *i-8 3 Or like extemporary Quaker,Wafting his Lungs t* enlighten weakefLa!nthorhs of Clay, where Light is wanting^With formlefs Phrafe, arid formal Canting}While Jdeob Behrrietfs Salt does feafon,And faves his Thought frae corrupt ReafonJ(Growling aloud with Motions queerer!,Yerking thefe Words out which ly neareft^ Thsis t (no loitger to illuitrate WithSicilies, left I mould fruftratef Defign Laconick of a Letter, With Heap of Language and no Matter,} fiarfgd up thy blyth auld-famiond WMftleJ To fowf ye oer a fhort Epirlle, Without Rule, Compaffes or Charcoal* Or ferious Study in a dark Hole. Three Times I gae the Mufe a Rug* Then hue my Nails and clawd my Ltigj Still h
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