 | Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd |  |
The Swallow.
Mark Ostella when the Spring,hath dissolv'd the frosty King,
And reseats her self on Earth;
giving Flow'rs and Plants a Birth;
When the glorious Sun doth shine
full of heat as doth thy eyn,
When the feather'd Songsters do
seem the Princely maid to Woo,
Then, oh then, to us will come
to our Cottage to our home
An amorous guest, who will salute
you from the chimney top with Flute,
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to sing to you 'twill be on flame.
But when the tedious Winters night
comes on, that wants both heat and light,
And that his pretty musick may
with pleasure pass the time away,
Which else perhaps might sadnesse bring;
your Guess is hoarse and cannot sing
Acquaintance so leaves Men in Misery,
who did adore him in Prosperity.
| Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd | |