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[Another Poem to the Duchess of Queensberry]
Why from us does Clarinda stray
from us so much in Love
Ah coud our wish engadge her stay
She never hence would move
from us so much in Love
Ah coud our wish engadge her stay
She never hence would move
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Here like her self in noble state
She'd reign oer every heart
her Life attended with that fate
that still rewards desert
She'd reign oer every heart
her Life attended with that fate
that still rewards desert
in that high orb in which she's plac'd
with splendor ever shine
her virtues with respect be gracd
next that we pay divine
with splendor ever shine
her virtues with respect be gracd
next that we pay divine
Ah why has Braitain's Southern plain
more of the chearfull sun
why more alurements that can gain
from us sae blest a Boon
more of the chearfull sun
why more alurements that can gain
from us sae blest a Boon
Ah Calidonia cease to boast
thy green and fertile dales
thy Lofty hills and Plenteous coast
but litle now avails
thy green and fertile dales
thy Lofty hills and Plenteous coast
but litle now avails
Clarinda Leaves you droop your heads
yet bless the Beautyous Dame
since she so Long has gracd your Meads
it has advanct your fame
yet bless the Beautyous Dame
since she so Long has gracd your Meads
it has advanct your fame
Hope her return with all the shine
that on her virtues tend
but never foolishly repine
at what ye cannot mend
that on her virtues tend
but never foolishly repine
at what ye cannot mend
To please your idle fondnes shoud
this darling of your mind
endure each storm and bluster loud
our rains and roring wind
this darling of your mind
endure each storm and bluster loud
our rains and roring wind
these chilling frost[s] & fleecy snow
that Burry half our years
the winter spates that plain oerflow
and naught that sweet appears
that Burry half our years
the winter spates that plain oerflow
and naught that sweet appears
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till with the gay Returning spring
these fly like morning clouds
then Nature all begins to sing
young smile the Dales & Woods
these fly like morning clouds
then Nature all begins to sing
young smile the Dales & Woods
then with elated gust we tast
each spring and summers sweet
rais'd higher by the cold that['s] past
our Joys are then complete
each spring and summers sweet
rais'd higher by the cold that['s] past
our Joys are then complete
O dear Clarinda may we hope
with the returning year
when genial rays nurse up the crop
again you will appear
with the returning year
when genial rays nurse up the crop
again you will appear
Appear upon the Pictland fields
with all your happy train
of sweets and joys that ever yield
Pleasure to Scotia's plain
with all your happy train
of sweets and joys that ever yield
Pleasure to Scotia's plain
So may kind Heaven with length of days
and sounder Health prolong
a life that merits every praise
and the Best poets song
and sounder Health prolong
a life that merits every praise
and the Best poets song
long save his Grace the noble Shield
of all that's Good & fair
long with his Bow t'adorn our field
with all his virtues rare
of all that's Good & fair
long with his Bow t'adorn our field
with all his virtues rare
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