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RACHAEL OR VIRTUE.
When I set out a stranger,
I was then a distant ranger;
The way was blocked with danger,
I traveled, but the way was never clear,
I fancied the lie, that the world was but a trap,
And I was a fool when I woke from my nap;
Take care Molly,
You make me melancholy,
I love you much, but Rachael is my dear.
I was then a distant ranger;
The way was blocked with danger,
I traveled, but the way was never clear,
I fancied the lie, that the world was but a trap,
And I was a fool when I woke from my nap;
Take care Molly,
You make me melancholy,
I love you much, but Rachael is my dear.
When I began to study,
And found the way still muddy;
The way for every body,
Throughout this wide world to steer,
I heard from the vale the sweet counsel of life,
Oh! never leave your studies for the sake of a wife;
Take care Fanny,
Dear little Kate and Annie,
I love you all, but Rachael is my dear.
And found the way still muddy;
The way for every body,
Throughout this wide world to steer,
I heard from the vale the sweet counsel of life,
Oh! never leave your studies for the sake of a wife;
Take care Fanny,
Dear little Kate and Annie,
I love you all, but Rachael is my dear.
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Still far though was Rachael's distance,
And thus I found resistance;
I found but dull assistance,
This life is lodged with care.
Lay first a solid base for the comfort of life,
Accumulate your treasure first, and then take a wife;
Take care Nancy,
You well please my fancy,
I love you well, but Rachael is my dear.
And thus I found resistance;
I found but dull assistance,
This life is lodged with care.
Lay first a solid base for the comfort of life,
Accumulate your treasure first, and then take a wife;
Take care Nancy,
You well please my fancy,
I love you well, but Rachael is my dear.
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