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 Our gentlemen here hath finish'd a plan,
Establish'd a market, a credit to man,
So grand the design, for the good of the poor,
Which will be encourag'd, till time is no more.

Divider from 'The Snug Bit of Land in the Ocean', a chapbook printed in Glasgow in 1800

THE WEDDING DAY.

What virgin or shepherd, in valley or grove,
 will envy my innocent lays.
The song of the heart, and the offspring of love,
 when sung in my Corydon's praise.
O'er brook and o'er brake as he hies to the bow'r,
 how lightsome my shepherd can trip;
And sure when of love he describes the soft pow'r,
 the honey-dew drops from his lips.
And sure when of love, etc.

How sweet is the primrose, and violet how sweet,
 and sweet is the eglantine breeze,
But Corydon's kiss when by moonlight we meet,
 to me is far sweeter than these
I blush at his raptures, I hear all his vows,
 I sigh when I offer to speak;
And with what delight my fond bosom o'erflows,
 when I feel the soft touch of his cheek.
And with what delight, etc.

Responsive and shrill be the notes from the spray,
 let the pipe through the village resound;
Be smiles in each face. O ye shepherds to-day,
 and ring the bells merrily round:
Your favours prepare my companions with speed,
 assist me my blushes o hide,
A twelve month ago on his day I agreed,
 to be my lov'd Corydon's bride.
A twelvemonth age, etc.