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The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke

... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. The Third Edition

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AIR X.

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Tune, “I have six pence under my thumb.”

I

How sweet the gossiping birds that sing!
How sweet the treasure the zephyrs bring,
Light wafted on each odoriferous wing
That winnows the breast of flowery spring!

II

How sweet the showers with balm replete!
The fawns that frolic, and lambs that bleat!
But O! above all, though all should meet,
Our Justice, our Queen of sweets is sweet!