lio a gentleman,
who had sent the poet a neer, and offered
to ti free of expense.
kind sir, i've read your paper through,
and faith, to me, 'twas really new!
how guessed ye, sir, what maist i wanted?
this mony a day i've grain'd and gaunted,
to ken what french mischief was brewin;
or what the drumlie dutch were doin;
that vile doup-skelper, emperor joseph,
if venus yet had got his nose off;
or how the collieshangie works
atween the russians and the turks,
or if the swede, before he halt,
would py anither charles the twa<
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Lines To A Gentleman,(1/3)