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Pastorals

After the Simple Manner of Theocritus. By Mr. Purney

Purney, Thomas (1695-ca. 1727)

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PAPLET: OR, Love and Innocence

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LALLET OR The Tender Shepherdess

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The why he hither came was this;
Paplet he won to take a Kiss:
I'll have, quoth she, a Song for th' Kiss;
Thou sha't, quoth he, and one for this.