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PASTORALS.
While the mingling birds prolong,
From each bush, the vernal song?
From each bush, the vernal song?
Have ye seen the damask-rose
Her unsully'd blush disclose, 20
Or the lilly's dewy bell,
In her glossy white, excell,
Or a garden vary'd o'er
With a thousand glories more? 24
Her unsully'd blush disclose, 20
Or the lilly's dewy bell,
In her glossy white, excell,
Or a garden vary'd o'er
With a thousand glories more? 24
By the beauties these display,
Morning, evening, night, or day,
By the pleasures these excite,
Endless sources of delight! 28
Judge, by them, the joys I find,
Since my Rosalind was kind,
Since she did herself resign
To my vows, for ever mine. 32
Morning, evening, night, or day,
By the pleasures these excite,
Endless sources of delight! 28
Judge, by them, the joys I find,
Since my Rosalind was kind,
Since she did herself resign
To my vows, for ever mine. 32
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EPISTLES.
