Huggins and Duggins. Pastoral, After Pope.

Two swains or clowns — but call them swains —

Whilst 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 call’d his dear,

Began to carol loud and clear.

First Huggins sang, and Duggins then,

In the way of ancient shepherd men;

Who thus alternate hitched¹ in song,

“All things by turns, and nothing long.”
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 Plumstead.
Duggins.

To groves³ and streams I tell my flame,

I make the cliffs repeat her name;

When I’m inspired by gills and noggins,

The rocks re-echo Sally Hoggins!
Huggins.

When I am walking in the grove²,

I think of Peggy as I rove.

I’d carve her name on every tree,

But I don’t know my A, B, C.
Duggins.

Whether I walk in hill or valley,

I think of nothing else but Sally.

I’d sing her praise, but I can sing

No song, except “God save the king!”
Huggins.

My Peggy does all nymphs excel,

And all confess she bears the bell —

Where’er she goes swains flock together,

Like sheep that follow the bell wether.
Duggins.

Sally is tall and not too straight —

Those very poplar shapes I hate;

But something twisted like an S —

A crook⁴ becomes a shepherdess.
Huggins.

When Peggy’s dog her arms empris’n

I often wish my lot was hisn;

How often I should stand and turn,

To get a pat from hands like hern.
Duggins.

I tell Sall’s lambs how blest they be,

To stand about, and stare at she;

But when I look, she turns and shies,

And won’t bear none but their sheep’s eyes!
Huggins.

Love goes with Peggy where she goes —

Beneath her smile the garden grows;

Potatoes spring, and cabbage starts,

‘Tatoes have eyes, and cabbage hearts!
Duggins.

Where Sally goes it’s always Spring,

Her presence brightens everything;

The sun smiles bright, but where her grin is,

It makes brass⁵ farthings look like guineas.
Huggins.

For Peggy I can have no joy,

She’s sometimes kind, and sometimes coy,

And keeps me, by her wayward tricks,

As comfortless as sheep with ticks!
Duggins.

Sally is ripe as June or May,

And yet as cold as Christmas Day;

For when she’s asked to change her lot,

Lamb’s wool — but Sally, she wool not.
Huggins.

Only with Peggy and with health,

I’d never wish for state or wealth;

Talking of having health and more pence,

I’d drink her health if I had fourpence!
Duggins.

Oh, how that day would seem to shine,

If Sally’s banns were read with mine;

She cries, when such a wish I carry,

“Marry come up!” but will not marry.

1 hitched   

（免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上

参考例句：

• They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
• We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。

2 grove   

n.林子，小树林，园林

参考例句：

• On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
• The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。

3 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

4 crook   

v.使弯曲；n.小偷，骗子，贼；弯曲(处)

参考例句：

• He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子，他要我向他认错。
• She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。

5 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。