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Him I addrefl, “ O Youth, what heavenly Power
“ Commands and graces you Elyfian Bower ?
“ Sure ’tis CONTENT, elfe much I am deceiv'd.
The Shepherd figh’d, and told me that 1 rav’d.
Rare flhe appears, unlefs on tome fine Day
She grace a Nuptial, but foon hafies away :
If her you feek, foon hence you muft remove,
Her Prefence is precarious in Love.
Thro’ thefe and other Shrines we wander’d long,
Which merit not Defcription in my Song,
Till at the laft, methought we cad our Eye
Upon an antique Temple, fquare and high,
Its .Area wide, its Spire did pierce the Sky;
On adamantine Dorkk Pillars rear'd,
Strong Go thick Work the maffy Pile appear'd:
Nothing feem’d little, all was great defign’d,
Which pleac’d the Eye at once, and fill’d the Mind.
Whilil Wonder did my curious Thoughts ingage,
To us approach’d a ftudious rev’rend Sage ;
Both Aw and Kindnefs his grave Afpect bore,
Which fpoke him rich with Wifdom’s finelt Store.
He ask’d our Errand there, Straight I reply’d,
“ CONTENT: In thefe high Towers does fhe refide?-
Not far from hence, faid he, her Palace Hands,
Ours fhe regards, as we do her Demands,
Philofopiiy fuflains her peaceful Sway,
And in Return the feafts us every Day.
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