Was neighbour Peter, one who used the spade;

A villager that God, in lieu of lands,

Had furnished only with a pair of hands,

To dig and delve, and by the mattock gain

Enough his wife and children to maintain.

Still youthful charms you in his spouse might trace;

The weather injured solely had her face,

But not the features which were perfect yet:

Some wish perhaps more blooming belles to get;

The rustick truly me would ne'er have pleased;