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242 A C O L L E G T I O N
And force him away to a iliftance Co far,
'Midft the direful alarms of outrageous war!
There he'll bafely be mangl'd, or inhumanly flaln,
And my ftiepherd, dear (hepherd ! I'll ne'er fee again.
Ye woods, and ye groves, where often we've flray'd,
Whilft our lambs frilk'd their gambols, and fportively
play'd,
"Where firft my young fwain made to me known his love^
And fwore ever conrtant and true he wotiki prove :
Now m vain your trees bud, they all fiourifh in vain,
Since my fliepherd, dear ihepherd ! I'll ne'er fee again.
Ye cool (hady bowVs, and fweet-fcented alcoves,
And ye fongfters, who chant your gay notesin the groves,
Ye high water- falls, and fmooth ferpentine ftreams,
Rural fubjefts for lovers, for them pleafing themes :
All your beauties difpleafe me, your mufic gives pain,
Since my fhepherd, dear fhepherd I Til ne'er fee again.
No more will my fwain gladden yon lonely vale.
Nor no more will his mufic daiKe on the frefli gale ;
His pipe vvas fo pleafing, and foft in the grots.
That linnets, to lideiij oft dropt their fvvcet notes |
But I'm left with the turtle to mourn and complain,
For my (hepherd, dear fliepherd ! I'll ne'er fee again.
SONG CCLXXi.
DELI A.
YE \Va£chful gnardians of the fair,
Who fkiff on wings of ambient aif^
Of my Delia take a care,
And reprefent a lover, -
With all the gaiety of youth,
With honour, juftice, love, and truth |
Till I return, her pafiious foothe,
f er me in whifpers move hi^f*