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My first gives Misers great repute My next will please both Man & Brute [Bagjyie?] My third will move your nimble feet Come [illegible] 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 [illegible] would suffer no decay

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There is a thing which oft the vulgar see Walk, and converse with most familiaily 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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