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JOHN of BADENYON.
WHen firſt I came to be a man,
of twenty years or ſo,
I thought myſelf a handſome youth,
and fain the world would know.
In beſt attire I ſtept abroad,
with ſpirit briſk and gay,
And here, and there, and every where,
was like a morn in May.
I had no care nor fear of want,
but rambled up and down;
And for a beau I might have paſs'd,
in country or in town:
I ſtill was pleas'd where'er I went,
and when I was alone,
I tun'd my pipe, and pleas'd myſelf,
with John of Badenyon.
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Now in the days of youthful prime,
a miſtreſs I muſt find,
For love they ſay, gives one an air,
and e'en improves the mind:
On Phillis, fair above the reſt,
kind fortune fix'd my eyes,
Her piercing beauty ſtruck my heart,
and I became her prize.
