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SONG VIII.
[When bright Roxana treads the green]
1742.
When bright Roxana treads the green,
In all the pride of dress and mien;
Averse to freedom, love and play,
The dazzling rival of the day:
None other beauty strikes mine eye,
The lilies droop, the roses die.
In all the pride of dress and mien;
Averse to freedom, love and play,
The dazzling rival of the day:
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The lilies droop, the roses die.
But when, disclaiming art, the fair
Assumes a soft engaging air;
Mild as the opening morn of May,
Familiar, friendly, free and gay:
The scene improves, where'er she goes,
More sweetly smile the pink and rose.
Assumes a soft engaging air;
Mild as the opening morn of May,
Familiar, friendly, free and gay:
The scene improves, where'er she goes,
More sweetly smile the pink and rose.
O lovely maid! propitious hear,
Nor deem thy shepherd insincere;
Pity a wild illusive flame,
That varies objects still the same:
And let their very changes prove
The never-vary'd force of love.
Nor deem thy shepherd insincere;
Pity a wild illusive flame,
That varies objects still the same:
And let their very changes prove
The never-vary'd force of love.
The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq | ||