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Poems on Several Occasions

With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures
Hughes, John (1677-1720)

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DUETTO.

1 Voice.
The Swain his Nymph possessing,

2 Voice.
The Nymph her Swain caressing,

1 and 2.
Shall still improve the Blessing,
For ever kind and true.

Both.
While rolling Years are flying,
Love, Hymen's Lamp supplying,
With Fuel never dying,
Shall still the Flame renew.

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