The works of Alexander Pennecuik of New-Hall, M.D.; containing the description of Tweeddale, and miscellaneous poems. A new edition, with copious notes, forming a complete history of the county to the present time. To which are prefixed, memoirs of Dr Pennecuik, and a map of the shire of Peebles, or Tweeddale |
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“Sweet Sir,” quoth she, “you'll break my heart,
If thus kind James and I should part;
And, ah! for sorrow, shame, and lack,
To come from church unmarried back:
Yet faith this night, if I have life,
I'll fare as well as your young wife,
And call to mind, if this must be,
Who us denied the remedy;
I'll ask an instrument upon it,
So James take leave, and lift your bonnet.
This clos'd our trist, all was miscarried,
And bonny Maggy's still unmarried.
If thus kind James and I should part;
And, ah! for sorrow, shame, and lack,
To come from church unmarried back:
Yet faith this night, if I have life,
I'll fare as well as your young wife,
And call to mind, if this must be,
Who us denied the remedy;
I'll ask an instrument upon it,
So James take leave, and lift your bonnet.
This clos'd our trist, all was miscarried,
And bonny Maggy's still unmarried.
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