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The resemblance between this and the fol-
lowing ballad by Percy, which was pub-
lished before it, laid Goldsmith open to
the charge of plagiarism; but Percy
stated clearly that his was the later
composition. Both are more or less
founded on The Gentle Herdsman.

ELEGY ON A MAD DOG

THOMAS PERCY.

THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY.

Composed out of various ancient fragments
found in Shakespeare's plays.

WILLIAM COWPER.

PAGE

8

10

An old ballad, with the refrain, "My pretty lad is

young, and is growing," is printed in Vol. II.

(p. 225).

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39

42

The first stanza ancient. The rest written for Mr

Campbell's Albyn's Anthology.

DAVIE GELLATLEY'S SONG

Waverley.

A note states that this is a genuine old fragment re-

modelled. See Vol. II. p. 200.

LLYN-Y-DREIDDIAD-VRAWD; OR, THE POOL OF