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"IKfightingales the concert joining,
Breathe their 'plaints in melting {trains >
Vanquifh d now, their groves refigning,
Soon they fly to diftant plains.
Lo ! what fplendor round us darting,
Swift illume the charming fcene j
Chandeliers their lights imparting,
Pour frefh beauties o'er the green .
Glitt ring lamps in order planted^
Strike the eye with fweet furprize ;
Adam fcarce was more enchanted,
When he faw the fun firft rife.
Now the various bands are feated^
.All difpos d in bright array;
Bus'nefs o'er, and cares retreated,
With gay mirth they clofe the day :
Thus, of old, the Ions of pleafure
Pafs'd in fhades their' fav'rite hours ;
Neflar cheating their foft leifure,
Blefs'd by love, and crown'd with flow'rs.
The Fanner s Sott.
SWeet Nelly, my heart's delight,
Be loving, and do not flight
The proffer I make, for modefly s fake,
I honour your beauty bright ;
For love 1 profefs, T can do no lefs,
Thou hail my favour won :
And fince I lee your modefly,
1 pray agree, and fancy me,
Tho' I'm but a farmer's fon.