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THE DAY ESTIVAL;
Which soon perceives the little larks,
The lapwing and the snipe;
And tunes their songs, like nature's clerks,
Our meadow, moor, and stripe.
The lapwing and the snipe;
And tunes their songs, like nature's clerks,
Our meadow, moor, and stripe.
But every bold nocturnal beast
No longer may abide;
They hie away, both most and least,
Themselves in hows to hide.
No longer may abide;
They hie away, both most and least,
Themselves in hows to hide.
They dread the day from they it see,
And from the sight of men,
To seats and covers fast they flee,
And lions to their den.
And from the sight of men,
To seats and covers fast they flee,
And lions to their den.
Our hemisphere is polished clean,
And lightened more and more;
While every thing be clearly seen
Which seemed dim before;
And lightened more and more;
While every thing be clearly seen
Which seemed dim before;
Except the glittering asters bright,
Which all the night were clear,
Offusked with a greater light,
No longer does appear.
Which all the night were clear,
Offusked with a greater light,
No longer does appear.
The golden globe incontinent
Sets up his shining head,
And over the earth and firmament
Displays his beams abreade.
Sets up his shining head,
And over the earth and firmament
Displays his beams abreade.
