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[To a Gentleman in Ireland]
Safely oer the Hibernian Strand
your Blyth Epistle came to hand
But my Proud Muse was at a stand
when first We Red it
when she tween dock & Pos[t]script fand
Nae man to Dad it
your Blyth Epistle came to hand
But my Proud Muse was at a stand
when first We Red it
when she tween dock & Pos[t]script fand
Nae man to Dad it
what Father's he that thinks't a shame
to let his Yellings bear his name
far less shoud Poets Sons of fame
Desert their Lays
when none of mankind have a Claim
to sae much Praise
to let his Yellings bear his name
far less shoud Poets Sons of fame
Desert their Lays
when none of mankind have a Claim
to sae much Praise
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and Better Loost and Sae ye think
wha at my fauts sae kindly wink
and Ruse me my Rimes in Clever Clink
wha at my fauts sae kindly wink
and Ruse me my Rimes in Clever Clink
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