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Twas there young Jockey met my view,
His like before I never knew;
He pip'd so sweet and danc'd so gay,
Alas! he danc,d my heart away
At eve when cakes and ale went round,
He plac’d him next me on the ground;
With harmless mirth and pleasing jest,
He shone more bright than all the rest:
He talk’d of love, and press’d my hand.
Ah who could such a youth withstand?
Well pleas’d I heard what he could say,
Alas! he stole my heart away.
He often heav'd a tender sigh,
While rapture sparkled in his eye;
So winning was his grace and air,
He might the coldest heart ensnare:
But when he ask’d me for his bride,
I promis’d soon and soon comply’d,
What nymph on earth could say him nay?
Alas! he stole my heart away,
THE WOODPECKER.
I knew by the smoke, that so gracefully curl’d,
Around the green elm. that a cottage was near,
And I said if there's peace to be found in the world,
The heart that is humble might hope for it here,
Every leaf was at rest and I heard not a sound.
But the Woodpecker tapping the hollow beech tree
