The Works of John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In two volumes ... The third edition, Corrected |
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A Dialogue sung on the Stage
between an elderly Shepherd, and a very young Nymph.
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A Dialogue sung on the Stage between an elderly Shepherd, and a very young Nymph.
Shep.Bright and blooming as the Spring,
Universal Love inspiring!
All our Swains thy Praises sing,
Ever gazing and admiring.
Nym.
Praises in so high a Strain,
And by such a Shepherd sung,
Are enough to make me vain,
Yet so harmless and so young.
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I should have despair'd among
Rivals that appear so gayly:
But your Eyes have made me young,
By their smiling on me daily.
Nym.
Idle Boys admire us blindly,
Are inconstant, wild, and bold;
And your using me so kindly
Is a Proof you are not old.
Shep.
With thy pleasing Voice and Fashion,
With thy Humour and thy Youth,
Chear my Soul, and crown my Passion:
Oh! reward my Love and Truth.
Nym.
With thy careful Arts to cover
That which Fools will count a Fault,
Truest Friend as well as Lover,
Oh! deserve so kind a Thought.
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Happy we shall lie possessing,
Folded in each other's Arms,
Love and Nature's chiefest Blessing
In the still increasing Charms.
Folded in each other's Arms,
Love and Nature's chiefest Blessing
In the still increasing Charms.
So the dearest Joys of Loving,
Which scarce Heav'n can go beyond,
We'll be ev'ry Day improving,
Shep.
Which scarce Heav'n can go beyond,
We'll be ev'ry Day improving,
You more fair, and I more fond.
Nym.
I more fair, and you more fond.
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