A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
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DESPAIRING SHEPHERD. |
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THE DESPAIRING SHEPHERD.
I
Since my dear Damascena's lost,The only blessing life cou'd boast,
These streams that roll far, far below,
Shall free me from this state of woe.
II
Oft in those sweetly-cooling streams,Oft have I bathed my burning limbs;
Your favours, gentle streams, repeat,
And cool once more my raging heat.
III
Then to the banks where dwells my dear,This breathless carcass kindly bear,
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For fear the sight offend her eye.
IV
Her charms at leisure to survey,My ghost shall hover night and day,
Still watching with officious care
Occasions to oblige the Fair.
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