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THE STORY OF Unfortunate PHILLIS.
Colin
, a gentle Shepherd Swain,
With ev'ry Virtue grac'd,
Upon the fairest of the Plain
His Fond Affection plac'd.
With ev'ry Virtue grac'd,
Upon the fairest of the Plain
His Fond Affection plac'd.
Young Phillis, beautiful and gay,
By all admir'd and lov'd,
Had stol'n the Shepherd's Heart away;
But, mark how Phillis prov'd!
By all admir'd and lov'd,
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But, mark how Phillis prov'd!
Deaf and regardless to his Pray'r,
With Scorn she from him flew;
She was Unkind, as she was Fair,
And False, as he was True.
With Scorn she from him flew;
She was Unkind, as she was Fair,
And False, as he was True.
Poor Colin, forc'd by her Disdain,
To Desarts wild retir'd;
Where oft he sigh'd, but sigh'd in vain,
For her whom he admir'd.
To Desarts wild retir'd;
Where oft he sigh'd, but sigh'd in vain,
For her whom he admir'd.
Tho' other Nymphs for Colin pin'd,
Phillis his Love despis'd:
And to that Passion was unkind,
Which many would have priz'd.
Phillis his Love despis'd:
And to that Passion was unkind,
Which many would have priz'd.
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But she, who had thus long deny'd
An humble, constant Swain,
Phillis, who had, with wond'rous Pride,
Resisted all the Plain.
An humble, constant Swain,
Phillis, who had, with wond'rous Pride,
Resisted all the Plain.
Was vanquish'd by a Coat of Lace,
And by an Outside won:
By Flaxen Wig, and Brazen Face,
Poor Phillis was undone.
And by an Outside won:
By Flaxen Wig, and Brazen Face,
Poor Phillis was undone.
It chanc'd a splendid Courtier came
To breath the Rural Air;
Whose gay Addresses did inflame
The too too easy Fair.
To breath the Rural Air;
Whose gay Addresses did inflame
The too too easy Fair.
This Courtier, artful to deceive,
So much on Phillis gain'd,
All he could ask, or she could give,
He easily obtain'd.
So much on Phillis gain'd,
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He easily obtain'd.
But scarce had he the Fair enjoy'd,
And gain'd her tender Heart;
When, with her fond Embraces cloy'd,
He slily did depart.
And gain'd her tender Heart;
When, with her fond Embraces cloy'd,
He slily did depart.
Phillis thus basely left alone,
By him whom she ador'd,
To ev'ry Eccho made her Moan,
And ev'ry Pow'r implor'd.
By him whom she ador'd,
To ev'ry Eccho made her Moan,
And ev'ry Pow'r implor'd.
But, ah, alas! too late she found
Her Darling so unkind,
For Love had all their Labours crown'd,
And left a Pledge behind.
Her Darling so unkind,
For Love had all their Labours crown'd,
And left a Pledge behind.
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Of Colin now she seeks Relief,
And to the Desart flies;
Where he had stol'n to vent his Grief,
And eccho forth his Cries.
And to the Desart flies;
Where he had stol'n to vent his Grief,
And eccho forth his Cries.
But Colin, grown much wiser now,
Experienc'd by his Smart,
Met Phillis with an angry Brow,
And bafled all her Art.
Experienc'd by his Smart,
Met Phillis with an angry Brow,
And bafled all her Art.
His Love was now to Hatred turn'd,
His Fondness to Disdain;
And she who had his Passion scorn'd,
He scorn'd as much again.
His Fondness to Disdain;
And she who had his Passion scorn'd,
He scorn'd as much again.
Back to the Groves he did repair,
And there in Wedlock join'd
A Nymph, as faithless Phillis Fair,
But much more Chaste and Kind.
And there in Wedlock join'd
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But much more Chaste and Kind.
Poor Phillis far remoter fled,
Her adverse Fate to blame;
Where she conceal'd her guilty Head,
But not her Grief and Shame.
Her adverse Fate to blame;
Where she conceal'd her guilty Head,
But not her Grief and Shame.
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