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And wore a look of honesty,
Likewise a flaunt!.! shirt.
Strong was his arm ; warm was his heart;
Cold was his common-sense ;
J-Jnt, otherwise, poor Sam-u-el
Had not a dozen pence.

Yet Albaciiida scoffed and scorned
Ye high and haughty knight:
She did not like his iron clothes,
Nor care to see him fight.
I Its castle was too old and dark ;
She scorned his gold as well—
Her father on Sir Mosc did smile :
She clung to Sam-u-el.

C anto II.

One morning- in ye month of May,
Amidst ye growing grain,
Y e rival lovers met. eftsoon,
A-coming down ye lane,
“ Give way, vile caitiff I” cried Sir Mose,
“ And lot me journey on ;
Or 1 will strew thy fragments up
And down ye horizon 1 ”

Then hold Sir Mo.se he drew his sword,
Felt once its fusty edge,
And slashed a slash at Sam-u-el
That mowed ten yards of hedge.
I' faith ! It was a vicious blow
And whist'ed in ye a ir!
But when it reached hrave Sam-u-el,
Sam-u-el was not there.