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158

The Same Ode Imitated.

[Beville! who with your Friend would roam]

By Mr. Marriott, Fellow of Trinity-Hall, Cambridge.

1

Beville! who with your Friend would roam
Far from your England's happier Home,
Should e'er the Fates that Friend detain
In gayer France, or graver Spain:

2

Know, all my Wish is to retreat,
When Age shall quench my youthful Heat,
In Kentish Shades sweet Peace to find,
And leave the Sons of Care behind.
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3

But should this pleasing Hope be vain,
May I fair Windsor's Seat attain,
Where Loddon's gentle Waters glide,
And Flocks adorn its flowery Side!

4

Sweet Groves! I love your silent Shades,
Your russet Lawns, and opening Glades.
With fam'd Italia's Plains may vye
Your fertile Fields, and healthful Sky.

5

Here, let our Eve of Life be spent;
Here, Friend shall live with Friend content:
Here, in cold Earth, my Limbs be laid;
And here, your generous Tear be paid.
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