Poems, chiefly pastoral By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces |
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ACROSTIC.
W-here no ripen'd summer glows,
I-n the lap of northern snows;
D-esarts gloomy, cold, and drear,
(O-nly let the nymph be there)
W-reaths of budding sweets would wear.
I-n the lap of northern snows;
D-esarts gloomy, cold, and drear,
(O-nly let the nymph be there)
W-reaths of budding sweets would wear.
M-ay would every fragrance bring,
A-ll the vernal bloom of spring:
D-ryads, deck'd with myrtles green,
D-ancing, would attend their Queen:
E-very flower that nature spreads,
R-ising where the charmer treads!
A-ll the vernal bloom of spring:
D-ryads, deck'd with myrtles green,
D-ancing, would attend their Queen:
E-very flower that nature spreads,
R-ising where the charmer treads!
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