PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . and FALL STOCKS, 1720. EPISTLE To the Right Honourable My Lord Ram/ay 9 Now in * To which is added The Satyrs Comick Projecft for rg*covering a Bankrupt Stockjobber* Tour Pettifoggers, damn their Souls ITo Shdre voith Knaves in cheating FoohtAnd Merchants venfring on the MainSlight Pirates, Rocks, and Horns for Gain, EDINBURGH*Printed for the AUTHOR, at he Mercury, oppofiteto Niddrfs Wynd, and fol^by at the Angel^without Tetnpkbar9 London* MDCCX3SI*. i m 1 «®@®@®®®@®^ ®@®®®®®»®» THE Ris E and Fall1 STOCKS. I 720. An Epistle to the Right Ho-nourable my Lord
PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . and FALL STOCKS, 1720. EPISTLE To the Right Honourable My Lord Ram/ay 9 Now in * To which is added The Satyrs Comick Projecft for rg*covering a Bankrupt Stockjobber* Tour Pettifoggers, damn their Souls ITo Shdre voith Knaves in cheating FoohtAnd Merchants venfring on the MainSlight Pirates, Rocks, and Horns for Gain, EDINBURGH*Printed for the AUTHOR, at he Mercury, oppofiteto Niddrfs Wynd, and fol^by at the Angel^without Tetnpkbar9 London* MDCCX3SI*. i m 1 «®@®@®®®@®^ ®@®®®®®»®» THE Ris E and Fall1 STOCKS. I 720. An Epistle to the Right Ho-nourable my Lord Ramjaj. To the Minis Eye Things well appearuft Distance, thro an artfull Glafst Bring but the flattering Objeft near,Theyre* al a fenflefs gloomy Mafs. Prior. My LORD, ^^^^MBi^^MS^lthouttcn Preface or Preamble, My Fancy being on the Ramble $1 Tranfported with an honeft Paffion, Viewing our poor bambouzPd Nation, Biting her Nails, her Knuckles wringing, j Her Cheek fae blae, her Lip fee hinging ; jGrief. 1 C 264 31 Qrief and Vexations like to kill her3for tyning baith her Tick and Siller,, Allow me then to make a Comment 1On this Affair of greateft MomentWhich hasfan out, my Lord, fince yeLeft Louthlan and the -J* Tree ;And, with your Leave, I needna ftickle,To fay werre in a forry Pickle,Since Poortith oer ilk Head does hoverBrae * John a Groats Houfe, South to Doyar,Sair have we pelted been with Stocks,Calling our Credit at the guilty of the higheft TreafonAgainffl the Government of Reafon;We madly, at our ain Expences,Stock-jobd away our Cafh and Senfes3 t An Oak Tree which grows on the fide of a fine Spring, nigh theCaftle of Dalhoitfie, very much obferved by the Country People, whogive out. That before any of the Family died, a Branch fell from Tree. The old Tree fbme few Years ago fell altogether, butanother fprung from the fame Root^ which is now t^ flQurilhicg, + The NoEthnaoft Houfe ia .ScotUnii As little Bairns f
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