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Thus we falute thee with our early fong,
And welcome thee, and wifh thee long.
TfT appointed hour of promis'd blifs,
The pleafing whifper in the dark*
The half-unwilling willing kifs,
The fmile that guides us to the mark,
When the fond nymph does fhinefs feign,
And hides but to be found again,
Thefe, thefe are joys, the gods for youth ordain.
FLY no more, cruel fair, but be kind and relenting,
Iinough has been mown of contempt and difdain ;
Tafte at length the fuperior delight of confentingi
For 'tis much nobler joy to give pleasure than pain.
Would you charm men of fenfe, and Engage their ad-
drefles ;
My Cloe, of pride, as of painting beware :
For beauty confifts more in minds than in faces,
And the maid's almoft ugly, that only is fair.
TO crown the cups which Bacchus fills with wine,
The full blown rofe of Venus let us join.
Let the fweet rofe, which leaves lb beauteous fpreads,
In fragrant garlands wrought adorn our heads :
While fparkling wit, as well as wine, we quaff,
And with politcft mirth mcefTant laugh.