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To MYRTILLA.
With sprightly air, and graceful mien,
Easy and ever gay;
Myrtilla trips along the green,
And steals all hearts away.
Easy and ever gay;
Myrtilla trips along the green,
And steals all hearts away.
Good-humour smiling in her face,
Seems sorrow to defy;
Wit lights up ev'ry sprightly grace,
And sparkles in in her eye.
Seems sorrow to defy;
Wit lights up ev'ry sprightly grace,
And sparkles in in her eye.
Fair is her form, her spotless mind
With ev'ry virtue blest;
And no offence could ever find
A harbour in her breast.
With ev'ry virtue blest;
And no offence could ever find
A harbour in her breast.
Ye swains, with caution pass this way;
For should you meet the fair,
You must to beauty fall a prey;
Love would your hearts ensnare.
For should you meet the fair,
You must to beauty fall a prey;
Love would your hearts ensnare.
Hartlebury Castle, 1766.
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Soon
Myrtilla must thy friend,
Hasten to a distant shore;
May propitious gales attend,
May they waft him safely o'er!
Hasten to a distant shore;
May propitious gales attend,
May they waft him safely o'er!
When to pensive joys inclin'd,
Thro' my native groves I stray,
Thy dear image to my mind
Soothing pleasures shall convey.
Thro' my native groves I stray,
Thy dear image to my mind
Soothing pleasures shall convey.
Fancy, oft, in airy flight,
Will direct her course to you;
Bringing scenes of past delight
Back to my enraptur'd view.
Will direct her course to you;
Bringing scenes of past delight
Back to my enraptur'd view.
Oft shall Schuylkill's rocky shore,
With her waving woods around,
Thy fond name, repeating o'er,
Strive to swell the pleasing sound.
With her waving woods around,
Thy fond name, repeating o'er,
Strive to swell the pleasing sound.
Thus with friendship most sincere,
Shall my faithful bosom glow;
All thy virtues I'll revere,
With such love as angels know.
Shall my faithful bosom glow;
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With such love as angels know.
Hoping still tho' far from thee,
I've a place in thy regard;
Which delightful thought shall be
My firm constancy's reward.
I've a place in thy regard;
Which delightful thought shall be
My firm constancy's reward.
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