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Joy in diftrefs tlv^y call ekprefs^'' ' '
Their very tears '<?aa He ':
Gallants beware, 6f .
Could we with ink th€ ocean 111},
Was earth of parchment made^
Was every (ingle ftick a quill,
Each man a fcribe by trade ;
To write the tricks of half the fcs,
Would fink that ocean dry :
Gallants beware, 2^^.
\Fy S H A K E S P E A R.
WHEN dailies py'd, and violets blue,
And cuckow-buds 'of yellow h de,. ^ '^''^ ■*' '■■ ' ''"'' '' '" Kl
And lady-fmocks aftfilver white ■"■ '!''''' ^';"^-f^„
Do paint the meadows withidelight • ''''"i: S'^-'^ ^^/-^^i
The cuckow than, on ev'ry tree, " " '"^^ '^^st^-' ^^
Mocksmarry'dm€n,iorthus fings he, '
Cuckow 1 cu'ckow ! O word of fear,
Unpleaiing to a,-ftiarry'd'ear. '
When fhepherds pipe on oaten ftraws,
And merry lark^'" are ■ptowmenscldcks--'^
When turtles tread, and rooks and daws",
And maidens bleach their fummer imocks ^
The cuckow then, '6'^.-;
W I N 'T E.R.
V f ''EN ificles hang by the wall,
• ad Dick the flbepherd^' Mov/s his n£l,
■ Tom hears logs into -tte hall,
V d miiii coiiies frozen- hoj,:ne in pail ;