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IMITATED.
[Poor little rambling, quivering, dandling thing]
Poor little rambling, quivering, dandling thing,
Of this body thou darling companion and guest;
Ah! why art thou pluming thy fluttering wing,
To fly off where thou canst not be certain of rest?
Of this body thou darling companion and guest;
Ah! why art thou pluming thy fluttering wing,
To fly off where thou canst not be certain of rest?
Thus lonely and pensive, thus gloomy and sad,
Oh! what will become of thy humourous folly?
Thy sportive gay pleasures, that pleas'd when thou wert glad,
Will all die away in thy dull melancholy.
Oh! what will become of thy humourous folly?
Thy sportive gay pleasures, that pleas'd when thou wert glad,
Will all die away in thy dull melancholy.
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