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ODE XII. ON A SWALLOW.
Say, chattering Bird, that dar'st invadeMy Slumbers with thy Serenade,
And steal'st my visionary Bliss,
How shall I punish thee for this?
Say, shall I clip thy soaring Wing;
Or, like stern Tereus, Thracian King,
To Swallows Name of dire Dismay,
Tear by the Roots thy Tongue away?
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Thou wak'st me from a golden Dream,
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Phyllis the fair, the young, the gay.
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