And just see if you’ll ever again catch me there.
The little snug farm I expected to buy,
I quickly discover’d was just all in my eye;
I came back like a streak—you may go—but I’m bless’d
If you’ll ever again, sirs, catch me at the West.
To the West! to the West, &c.
Lillie Bell.
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On the grave near massa’s dwelling,