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Mully of Montoun

King, William (1663-1712)

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MULLY OF MOUNTOWN. A POEM.
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ORPHEUS AND EURIDICE. A POEM.

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Oh Peggy, Peggy, when thou go'st to Brew,
Consider well what you're about to do;
Be very Wise, very sedately think
That what you are about to make is Drink:
Consider who must drink that Drink, and then,
What 'tis to have the Praise of Honest Men:
For surely Peggy, while that Drink does last,
'Tis Peggy will be Toasted or Disgrac'd.
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Then if thy Ale in Glass thou wouldst confine,
To make its sparkling Rays in Beauty shine,
Let thy clean Bottle be entirely dry,
Least a white Substance to the Surface fly,
And floating there, disturb the curious Eye.
But this great Maxim must be understood,
Be sure; nay very sure, thy Cork be Good.
Then future Ages shall of Peggy tell,
That Nymph that Brew'd and Bottled Ale so well.
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