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Mr. Chalmers, a gentleman in Ayrshire, a particular friend of mine, asked me to write a poetic epistle to a young lady, his Dulcinea. I had seen her, but was scarcely acquainted with her, and wrote as follows: -
Wi' braw new branks in mickle pride, / And eke a braw new brechan, / My Pegasus I'm got astride, / And up Parnassus pechin; / Whiles owre a bush wi' donwward crush, / The doited beastie stammers; / Then up he gets, and off he sets, / For sake o' Willie Chalmers.