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SONG. FANNY OF THE HILL.
1770.
If gentle Love's immortal fire
Could animate the quill,
Soon should the rapture-speaking lyre
Sing Fanny of the Hill.
Could animate the quill,
Soon should the rapture-speaking lyre
Sing Fanny of the Hill.
My panting heart incessant moves,
No interval 'tis still;
And all my ravished nature loves
Sweet Fanny of the Hill.
No interval 'tis still;
And all my ravished nature loves
Sweet Fanny of the Hill.
Her dying soft expressive eye,
Her elegance must kill;
Ye Gods! how many thousands die
For Fanny of the Hill.
Her elegance must kill;
Ye Gods! how many thousands die
For Fanny of the Hill.
A love-taught tongue, angelic air,
A sentiment, a skill
In all the graces of the fair,
Mark Fanny of the Hill.
A sentiment, a skill
In all the graces of the fair,
Mark Fanny of the Hill.
Thou mighty Power, eternal Fate,
My happiness to fill,
O! bless a wretched lover's state
With Fanny of the Hill.
My happiness to fill,
O! bless a wretched lover's state
With Fanny of the Hill.
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