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Oft I the fair attend ; nor think me vain | |||
Tho freedom taking with a silken hair. | Tho freedom taking with a silken hair. | ||
With Pilgrims I thro distant nations roam | With Pilgrims I thro distant nations roam | ||
Caress'd & honor'd whersoe'er I come | |||
But English clowns my very name | But English clowns my very name detest ; | ||
And execrate me as a common | And execrate me as a common pest ; | ||
Yet, when I'm hot, they'll kindly take me to them | |||
Shew me their favorites & thro me woo them. | |||
Besides, I once was well receiv'd at Court | Besides, I once was well receiv'd at Court | ||
In rustic guise making such glee | In rustic guise making such glee & sport, | ||
The | The Knights & Squires all were much delighted | ||
My Sovreign Leige was pleas'd | My Sovreign Leige was pleas'd & I was Knighted. | ||
Oh I could I raise in you such sport & glee | |||
My Fair ones, how much more | My Fair ones, how much more you'd honor me. | ||
Nay frown not, In ye all, I know, I've part | |||
A snug warm place in every Lady's heart. | |||
But I knew - that here | But I knew - that here & there I'm not the same | ||
In short, I'm many things | In short, I'm many things [underline things], but one's the name. | ||
If now my story has the truth reveal'd | |||
[ | [(No] part of my eventful life conceal'd) | ||
[ | [?ay] what I am, & dont your thoughts disemble | ||
indented to the far right | ?alk ones with me (Heaven Grant) I may ne'er assemble | ||
a | [?ce] from all guide I've no such power as they | ||
[?yself?] to guard, or others to betray. | |||
[d]efenceless, I, born deaf & dumb & blind | |||
[?or] sense of injury in me you'l find. | |||
Howe'er? you search howe'er my path explore | |||
May peace then, where I lodge, shall keep the door | |||
Wit & good human join with my guardians prove | |||
And mirth with all the family [underline with all the family] I love | |||
[indented to the far right] | |||
a cockle | |||
Latest revision as of 01:16, 15 July 2017
Oft I the fair attend ; nor think me vain Tho freedom taking with a silken hair. With Pilgrims I thro distant nations roam Caress'd & honor'd whersoe'er I come But English clowns my very name detest ; And execrate me as a common pest ; Yet, when I'm hot, they'll kindly take me to them Shew me their favorites & thro me woo them. Besides, I once was well receiv'd at Court In rustic guise making such glee & sport, The Knights & Squires all were much delighted My Sovreign Leige was pleas'd & I was Knighted.
Oh I could I raise in you such sport & glee
My Fair ones, how much more you'd honor me. Nay frown not, In ye all, I know, I've part A snug warm place in every Lady's heart. But I knew - that here & there I'm not the same In short, I'm many things [underline things], but one's the name. If now my story has the truth reveal'd [(No] part of my eventful life conceal'd) [?ay] what I am, & dont your thoughts disemble
?alk ones with me (Heaven Grant) I may ne'er assemble [?ce] from all guide I've no such power as they [?yself?] to guard, or others to betray. [d]efenceless, I, born deaf & dumb & blind [?or] sense of injury in me you'l find. Howe'er? you search howe'er my path explore May peace then, where I lodge, shall keep the door Wit & good human join with my guardians prove And mirth with all the family [underline with all the family] I love
[indented to the far right] a cockle