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My first gives | My first gives Misers great repute | ||
My next will please both | My next will please both Man & Brute Bagpipe | ||
My third will move your nimble feet | My third will move your nimble feet | ||
Come guess me and you'll find me sweet | Come guess me and you'll find me sweet. | ||
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My first and second make combined | My first and second make combined | ||
The pleasures of a Soul refined | The pleasures of a Soul refined Friendship | ||
But should my second take my first away | But should my second take my first away | ||
My | My lout would suffer no decay | ||
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There is a thing which oft the vulgar see | There is a thing which oft the vulgar see | ||
Walk, | Walk, and converse with most familiarly | ||
Ee'n Kings & Princes tho' they seldom meet it | |||
Yet when they do with great respect treat it | Yet when they do with great respect they treat it, | ||
The haughty Sultan & the Gallic King | The haughty Sultan & the Gallic King equal | ||
Deny there is, or can be such a thing | Deny there is, or can be such a thing | ||
Ee'n God himself who all things sees this cannot see | |||
To say he does, or can is blasphemy. | To say he does, or can is blasphemy.- | ||
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My first is either good or bad | |||
My first is either good or | |||
May please or may offend you | May please or may offend you | ||
My | My second when in thirsty mood farewell | ||
May often times befriend you | May often times befriend you | ||
My whole tho' | My whole tho' called a cruel word | ||
May often prove a kind one | May often prove a kind one | ||
It may sometimes with | It may sometimes with joy be heard | ||
With Tears 'twill oftimes blind one. | With Tears 'twill oftimes blind one. | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:18, 10 July 2017
My first gives Misers great repute My next will please both Man & Brute Bagpipe My third will move your nimble feet Come guess me and you'll find me sweet.
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My first and second make combined The pleasures of a Soul refined Friendship But should my second take my first away My lout would suffer no decay
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There is a thing which oft the vulgar see Walk, and converse with most familiarly Ee'n Kings & Princes tho' they seldom meet it Yet when they do with great respect they treat it, The haughty Sultan & the Gallic King equal Deny there is, or can be such a thing Ee'n God himself who all things sees this cannot see To say he does, or can is blasphemy.-
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My first is either good or bad May please or may offend you My second when in thirsty mood farewell May often times befriend you My whole tho' called a cruel word May often prove a kind one It may sometimes with joy be heard With Tears 'twill oftimes blind one.
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