Poems on Several Occasions With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures |
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AIR.
[With a Flute.]
Gay Shepherd, to befriend thee,
Here pleasing Scenes attend thee,
O this way speed thy Pace!
If Musick can delight thee,
Or Visions fair invite thee,
This Bow'r's the happy Place.
Gay Shepherd, to befriend thee,
Here pleasing Scenes attend thee,
O this way speed thy Pace!
Here pleasing Scenes attend thee,
O this way speed thy Pace!
If Musick can delight thee,
Or Visions fair invite thee,
This Bow'r's the happy Place.
Gay Shepherd, to befriend thee,
Here pleasing Scenes attend thee,
O this way speed thy Pace!
Recitative.
The Shepherd rose, he gaz'd around,And vainly sought the Magick Sound;
The God of Love his Motion spies,
Lays by the Pipe, and shoots a Dart
Thro' CORYDON's unwary Heart,
Then, smiling, from his Ambush flies;
While in his Room, divinely bright,
The reigning Beauty of the Groves surpriz'd the Shepherd's Sight.
AIR.
Who from LOVE his Heart securing,Can avoid th'inchanting Pain?
PLEASURE calls with Voice alluring,
BEAUTY softly binds the Chain.
Who from LOVE his Heart securing,
Can avoid th'inchanting Pain?
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