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A Hard Case.
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A Hard Case.
When trembling Pris'ners stand at Bar
In strange suspence about the Verdict:
And when pronounc'd they Guilty are,
How they're astonish'd when they've heard it!
In strange suspence about the Verdict:
And when pronounc'd they Guilty are,
How they're astonish'd when they've heard it!
When in a Storm a Ship is toss'd,
All ask, What does the Captain say?
How they bemoan themselves as lost,
When his Advice is onely, Pray!
All ask, What does the Captain say?
How they bemoan themselves as lost,
When his Advice is onely, Pray!
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And as it was my pleasing chance
To meet fair Cælia in a Grove;
Both Time and Place conspir'd t'advance
The innocent designs of Love.
To meet fair Cælia in a Grove;
Both Time and Place conspir'd t'advance
The innocent designs of Love.
I thought my happiness compleat.
'Twas in her power to make it so:
I ask'd her if she'd do the feat,
But (silly Soul!) she answer'd, No.
'Twas in her power to make it so:
I ask'd her if she'd do the feat,
But (silly Soul!) she answer'd, No.
Poor Pris'ners may have mercy shewn,
And shipwreck'd men may have the luck
To see their Tempests overblown,
But Cælia I shall never
And shipwreck'd men may have the luck
To see their Tempests overblown,
But Cælia I shall never
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