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GO, lovely rofe,
Tell her that wafles her time and me ; ,
That now fhe knows,
When I refemble her to thee,
How fweet and fair fhe feems to be.
Tell her that's young,
And (huns to have her graces fpy'd,
That hadfl thou fprung
In deferts, where no men abide,
Thou mult have uncommended dy'd.
Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retir'd :
Bid her come forth,
SufTer herfelf to be defxr'd,
And not blufli fo to be admir'd.
A Beauteous face, fifle fhape, engaging air,
J. 1l With ail the graces that adorn the fair ;
If thefe could fail their fo accuftom'd parts,
.And not fecure the coiiqueft of our hearts,
Sylvia has yet a vafl referve in ilore ;
At fight we love, but hearing, wdk adore.
There falls continual mufic from her tongue ;
The wit of Sappho, with her artful jEpng.
From firens thus we lofe the power to fly,
We liiten for the charm, and fray to die.
Ah ! lovely nymph, I yield, I am undone ;
your voice has finilh'd what your eyes begun ,