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The works of Allan Ramsay

edited by Burns Martin ... and John W. Oliver [... and Alexander M. Kinghorn ... and Alexander Law]

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[ON JOHN NORIE]

of judgment Just & fancy Clear
Industrious tho not avaricious
no Slave to groundles Hopes or fear
Chearfull yet hating to be vicious
from envy free tho praisd not vain
Ne'er Acting without Honours warant
kind generous equal & Humane
As Husband Master friend & parent

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So modest as scarce to be known
by glaring Proud concieted Asses
whose little Spirits often frown
on such as their Less worth surpasses
Ye'll own such a deserving Man
that in these out lines stands befor ye
and trouth the Picture I have drawn
is very like my friend ------
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whose Real Modesty will not let me name him. (R.)