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The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke

... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. The Third Edition

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35

AIR XV.

[_]

Tune, “Fie, let us awa to the Wedding.”

Jack.
Yet many, when Beggars are pressing,
Of bounty are nothing loth;
The Bishop will give you—his blessing;
The Officer give you—his oath.
Of his promise, to be a free donor,
The Courtier is little nice;
And Great-ones will give you—their Honour!
For these are of little price.