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OF t2 H O I C E SONG S, t3 ]
SONG XIV.
TO %, like bird, from grove to grove, '^
To wander like the bee ; '
To Cip of (weets, and tafte of love, i
Is not enough for me : • i
No fluttering paffions wake my bread:,
I wifh the place to find - •
Where fate may give me peace and red, ;
One fnepherd to my mind. :■
To every youth I'll not be gay^ \
Nor try on all my power ;
Nor future pleaftires throw away *
In toyings for an hour ;
I would not reign the general toafl, ■
Be prais'd by all the town ;
A thoufand tongues x>n me are loft,
I'll hear but only one. ^
For which of all the flattering train
Who fwarm at beauty's fhrine,
When youth's gay charms are in the wane^
Will ceurt their Cure deeline ? ^
Then fops, and wits^ and beaux forbear, ]
Your arts will never do j
For fome fond youth fliall be my car&.
Life's chequer 'd feafon through, ^.
My little heart fliall have a home, -
A warm and flielter'd neft j
No giddy flights fhall make me roam J
From where I am moft bJeft : " 1
With love and only that dear fwain, f
What tranquil joys I fee !
Farewel, ye falfe, inconftant train, ^
For one is all to me.
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