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OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Memory

O MEMORY, thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever,

And turning all the past to pain:

Thou, like the world, th' oppress' d oppressing, Thy smiles increase the wretch's woe :

And he who wants each other blessing In thee must ever find a foe.

��ROBERT CUNNINGHAME-GRAHAM OF GARTMORE 469. If "Doughty Tteects

TF doughty deeds my lady please,

  • Right soon I'll mount my steed;

And strong his arm and fast his seat,

That bears frae me the meed. I'll wear thy colours in my cap,

Thy picture in my heart ; And he that bends not to thine eye Shall rue it to his smart!

Then tell me how to woo thee, Love ;

O tell me how to woo thee ! For thy dear sake nae care I'll take, Tho' ne'er another trow me.

If gay attire delight thine eye

I'll dight me in array; I'll tend thy chamber door all night,

And squire thee all the day.

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