. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. SifTrv/ The Benefactions still declareHe left the clerk an elbow-chair,And 12 Pence Yearly to PrepareA Christmas Posset. A Gentleman of the Old School. 33 Lie softly, Leisure ! Doubtless you,With too serene a conscience drewYour easy breath, and slumbered through The gravest issue;But we, to whom our age allowsScarce space to wipe our weary down upon your narrow house. Old friend, and miss you ! A GENTLEWOMAN OF THE OLD

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