[As first printed in the Morning Post, October 4, 1802.]
"Late, late yestreen I saw the new Moon
With the Old Moon in her arms;
And I fear, I fear, my Master dear,
We shall have a deadly storm."[1076:2]
Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence.
LINENOTES:
Motto—2 Moon] one Letter to S.
[4]
There will be, &c. Letter to S.