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Several Occasions.
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Lycidas.
Thy Name, my Delia, shall improve my Song,
The pleasing Labour of my ravish'd Tongue:
Her Name to Heav'n propitious Zephyrs bear,
And breathe it to her kindred Angels there!
Thy Name, my Delia, shall improve my Song,
The pleasing Labour of my ravish'd Tongue:
Her Name to Heav'n propitious Zephyrs bear,
And breathe it to her kindred Angels there!
Daphnis.
But see! the Night displays her starry Train,
Soft Silver Dews impearl the glitt'ring Plain;
An awful Horrour fills the gloomy Woods,
And bluish Mists rife from the smoaking Floods;
Haste, Daphnis, haste to fold thy woolly Care,
The deep'ning Shades imbrown th' unwholesome Air.
But see! the Night displays her starry Train,
Soft Silver Dews impearl the glitt'ring Plain;
An awful Horrour fills the gloomy Woods,
And bluish Mists rife from the smoaking Floods;
Haste, Daphnis, haste to fold thy woolly Care,
The deep'ning Shades imbrown th' unwholesome Air.
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