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VARIETY.
Ask what prevailing, pleasing power
Allures the sportive, wandering bee
To roam, untired, from flower to flower,
He'll tell you, 'tis variety.
Allures the sportive, wandering bee
To roam, untired, from flower to flower,
He'll tell you, 'tis variety.
Look Nature round, her features trace,
Her seasons, all her changes see;
And own, upon Creation's face,
The greatest charm's variety.
Her seasons, all her changes see;
And own, upon Creation's face,
The greatest charm's variety.
For me, ye gracious powers above!
Still let me roam, unfix'd and free;
In all things,—but the nymph I love,
I'll change, and taste variety.
Still let me roam, unfix'd and free;
In all things,—but the nymph I love,
I'll change, and taste variety.
But, Patty, not a world of charms
Could e'er estrange my heart from thee;—
No, let me ever seek those arms,
There still I'll find variety.
Could e'er estrange my heart from thee;—
No, let me ever seek those arms,
There still I'll find variety.
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