OF PARNELL.
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To fill the presence of the gentle court
From every quarter rural Nymphs resort,
From woods, from mountains, from their humble vales,
From waters curling with the wanton gales.
Pleas'd with the joyful train, the laughing Queen
In circles seats them round the bank of green;
And "lovely girls," she whispers, "guard your hearts;
My boy, though stript of arms, abounds in arts."
Let those love now, who never lov'd before;
Let those who always lov'd, now love the more.
From every quarter rural Nymphs resort,
From woods, from mountains, from their humble vales,
From waters curling with the wanton gales.
Pleas'd with the joyful train, the laughing Queen
In circles seats them round the bank of green;
And "lovely girls," she whispers, "guard your hearts;
My boy, though stript of arms, abounds in arts."
Let those love now, who never lov'd before;
Let those who always lov'd, now love the more.
Let tender grass in shaded alleys spread,
Let early flowers erect their painted head.
To-morrow's glory be to-morrow seen,
That day old Ether wedded Earth in green.[1]
Let early flowers erect their painted head.
To-morrow's glory be to-morrow seen,
That day old Ether wedded Earth in green.[1]
- ↑ Ruris hic erunt puellæ, vel puellæ montium,
Quæque silvas, quæque lucos, quæque montes incolunt.
Jussit omnis adsidere pueri mater alitis,
Jussit et nudo puellas nil Amori credere.
Cras amet, qui numquam amavit; quique
amavit, cras amet.Et recentibus virentes ducat umbras floribus:
Cras erit qui primus æther copulavit nuptias
Ut pater roris crearet vernis annum nubibus,
