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Pastorals

After the Simple Manner of Theocritus. By Mr. Purney
Purney, Thomas (1695-ca. 1727)

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PAPLET: OR, Love and Innocence
  
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LALLET OR The Tender Shepherdess

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Heav'd the Swain's Breast for pity oft,
Unhappy Swain to be so soft!
Ached his Heart, to hear her smart,
Unhappy Swain to have such Heart!
Ynethered he creeps anear,
Still as a Spirit or as Air.
But could not well tell where she lay,
'Mongst many a Breer and many a Tree,
Which dusk'd in Gloom Moon's waining Ray;
Ah Lallet, how there can'st thou lay!
A Stream half closed a Plat of Grass;
And made a sweet a pleasant Place.
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