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The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water (第1/2页)
the humble petition of bruar water to the noble duke of athole. my lord, i know your noble ear woe ne'er assails in vain; embolden'd thus, i beg you'll hear your humble slave plain, how saucy phoebus' scorg beams, in flaming summer-pride, dry-withering, waste my foamy streams, and drink my crystal tide. the lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, that thro' my waters play, if, in their random, wanton spouts, they he margin stray; if, hapless ce! they linger lang, i'm scorg up so shallow, they're left the whitening stanes amang, in gaspih to wallow. last day i grat wi' spite and teen, as poet burns came by. that, to a bard, i should be seen wi' half my el dry; a panegyric rhyme, i ween, ev'n as i was, he shor'd me; but had i in my glory been, he, kneeling, wad ador'd me. here, foaming down the skelvy rocks, in twisting strength i rin; there, high my boiling torrent smokes, wild-r o'er a linn: enjoying each large spring and well, as nature gave them me, i am, altho' i say't mysel', waun a mile to see. would then my noble master please to grant my highest wishes, he'll shade my banks wi' t trees, and bonie spreading bushes. delighted doubly then, my lord, you'll wander on my banks, and listen mony a grateful bird return you tuneful thanks. the sober lav'rock, warbling wild, shall to the skies aspire; the gowdspink, music's gayest child, shall sweetly j
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