. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. ^crnc/ c/rarnj wgrp vang^cf The Ballad of Beau Brocade. 11 Lingering only at John his door,Just to make sure of a jerky snore;. ?I;/ -i^ Sacftffi^g we $^my 7r)<jTe Saddling the gray mare, Dumpling Star;Fetching the pistol out of the bar; 12 The Ballad of Beau Brocade. (The old horse-pistol that, they say,Came from the battle di Malplaquet;) Loading with powder that maids would use,Even in Forty, to clear the flues; And a couple of silver buttons, the SquireGave her, away in Devonshire. These she wadded—^for want of better

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. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. ^crnc/ c/rarnj wgrp vang^cf The Ballad of Beau Brocade. 11 Lingering only at John his door,Just to make sure of a jerky snore;. ?I;/ -i^ Sacftffi^g we $^my 7r)<jTe Saddling the gray mare, Dumpling Star;Fetching the pistol out of the bar; 12 The Ballad of Beau Brocade. (The old horse-pistol that, they say,Came from the battle di Malplaquet;) Loading with powder that maids would use,Even in Forty, to clear the flues; And a couple of silver buttons, the SquireGave her, away in Devonshire. These she wadded—^for want of better—With the B—sh—p of L—nd—^ns PastoralLetter; Looked to the flint, and hung the to use, at her pocket-hole. Thus equipped and accoutred, DollyClattered away to Excisemans Folly ;— Such was the name of a ruined on the edge of the London road. The Ballad of Beau Brocade. 13 Thence she thought she might safely try,As soon as she saw it, to warn the Fly.

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