The Wiccamical Chaplet a selection of original poetry; comprising smaller poems, serious and comic; classical trifles; sonnets; inscriptions and epitaphs; songs and ballads; mock-heroics, epigrams, fragments, &c. &c. Edited by George Huddesford |
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THE PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED.
A SONG, Written in the Hard Frost of the Year ---.
Death or the Devil, or both together,
Came out this last hard winter weather;
Took L**** in their journey,
And carried off a Welch Attorney:
Came out this last hard winter weather;
Took L**** in their journey,
And carried off a Welch Attorney:
Chorus.
Ah! cruel Death; ah! Devil more cruel;To carry Harpax off for fuel.
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But some folks in their sleeves may laugh,
Since Harpalus has lost his half:
And reason too they should be glad,
Perhaps he'll be but half as bad.
Since Harpalus has lost his half:
And reason too they should be glad,
Perhaps he'll be but half as bad.
Chorus.
Since cruel Death, or Devil more cruel,Has carried Harpax off for fuel.
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