A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
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I
On a downy bank I lye,Free from Phœbus' scorching fire,
Gentle waters murmur by,
Sweetly sing the feather'd Choir;
Nature joins her charms in vain
To divert a Lover's pain.
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Blow, ye breezes, briskly blow,Cool the flames that scorch my breast,
Streams with deeper cadence flow,
Lull an anxious soul to rest:
Then ye Gods that favour love
Make my fancy sweetly rove;
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Give to these expecting armsChloe, object of my vow;
Let no frown disturb her charms,
Nor a vapour cloud her brow:
Slumbers oft the blest annoy,
But give hapless lovers joy.
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