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Then onward drew, and, as he pafs'd,
He fmiling bade good day :
EntrancM I gaz^d, till, oh ! at laft,
I gaz'd my heart away.
That moment all to love refign'd,
Each fenfe feem'd to declare j.
Tho' haplefs i was left behind,
My heart went to the fair..
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In vain my angnifh to remove, M
To once-lov'd fcenes I flyj
The rofe-deck'd bowV, the pine topped grovff,.
Seem fading to my eye. j
Thou gentle youth, by nature kind, H
A maiden's bluflies fpare ; "''
Perceive, tho' flie was left behind,
My heart went to the fair,
SONG CCLVIII.
Beauty and Mufic.
YE fwains, when radiant beauty moves,.
Or mufic's art with power divine,
Thmk how the rapt'rous charra improves,.
Where two fuch gifts celeftial join.
Where Cupld*s bow and Phoebus' lyre,
In the fame powerful hand are found ;
Where lovely eyes inftame defire.
Where trembling notes are taught to wound.
Inquire not who's the matchl^efs fair
That can this double desth bellow j
If young Harmonias ftrains you h- ar,
Or view her eyes-, too foon vou*il kI3c^'^,