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harp, reprobates the ufe of it, in a mod 

 droll and entertaining manner. " Grant 

 bounteous God/ 'fays he " that the blef- 

 fings may dawn of the mirthful man- 

 ners of Wales in times of yore ! The 

 choiceft fpot ; a fair garden for the en- 

 joyment of life, thou wert, whilft the 

 time of Clera contimiecf, and the learn- 

 ing of the good old Cymry ! Now, 

 alas ! cold the news ; there is a noify 

 flrumming amongft us of difmal crazy- 

 fided harps, or leathern wickets. Da- 

 vid had not one firing from dead fheep ; 

 long profper the faith. The mi-nflrels 

 of the ferious prophet, David, with all 

 the cunning of their divination, never 

 formed one harp exquifitely pleafing, 

 but of fhiny hair, yet pure the fong ^ 

 wife is the eafy and fprightly defcrip- 

 tion of the harp, ftrung with black 

 glofly hair. The hair-lining harp, a 

 worthy gift ! by the bounty of heaven, 

 which came complete to David, and 

 was and henceforth fhall continue from 



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