huggins and duggins.

a pastoral after pope.

two swains or clowns—but call them swains—

while keeping flocks on salisbury plains,

for all that tend on sheep as drovers,

are turned to songsters, or to lovers,

each of the lass he called his dear,

began to carol loud and clear.

first huggins sang, and duggins then,

in the way of ancient shepherd men;

who thus alternate hitch’d in song,

“all things by turns, and nothing long.”

[pg 98]

huggins.

of all the girls about our place,

there’s one beats all in form and face;

search through all great and little bumpstead,

you’ll only find one peggy plumpstead.