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BEGGARS.

She had a

No

tall

Man's height, or move

bonnet screen'd her from the heat;

A long drab-colour'd Cloak she wore, A Mantle reaching to her feet What

other dress she had I could not

Only she wore a Cap

In

all

my

face

as white as snow.

I

never seen

was of Egyptian brown

Fit person

To head

was

walks, through field or town,

Such Figure had

Her

that

know ;

was she

for a

those ancient

Queen,

Amazonian

files

Or ruling Bandit's Wife; among the Grecian

Isles.