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PASTORALS.
LANQUET.
To Geron I my voice, and skill, commend,
A candid umpire, and to both a friend.
To Geron I my voice, and skill, commend,
A candid umpire, and to both a friend.
GERON.
Begin then, boys; and vary well your song:
Begin; nor fear, from Geron's sentence, wrong. 16
A boxen hautboy, loud, and sweet of sound,
All varnish'd, and with brazen ringlets bound,
I to the victor give: no mean reward,
If to the ruder village pipes compar'd. 20
Begin then, boys; and vary well your song:
Begin; nor fear, from Geron's sentence, wrong. 16
A boxen hautboy, loud, and sweet of sound,
All varnish'd, and with brazen ringlets bound,
I to the victor give: no mean reward,
If to the ruder village pipes compar'd. 20
HOBBINOL.
The snows are melted; and the kindly rain
Descends on every herb, and every grain:
Soft balmy breezes breathe along the sky;
The bloomy season of the year is nigh. 24
The snows are melted; and the kindly rain
Descends on every herb, and every grain:
Soft balmy breezes breathe along the sky;
The bloomy season of the year is nigh. 24
LANQUET.
The cuckoo calls aloud his wandering love;
The turtle's moan is hear'd in every grove;
The pastures change; the warbling linnets sing:
Prepare to welcome in the gaudy spring. 28
The cuckoo calls aloud his wandering love;
The turtle's moan is hear'd in every grove;
The pastures change; the warbling linnets sing:
Prepare to welcome in the gaudy spring. 28
HOBBINOL.
When locusts, in the ferny bushes, cry,
When ravens pant, and snakes in caverns ly,
When locusts, in the ferny bushes, cry,
When ravens pant, and snakes in caverns ly,
Graze
