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Poems, chiefly pastoral

By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces
 
 

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A Three-Part CATCH.

'Tis in view—(the rich blessing kind nature bestow'd,
To conquer our sorrows, or lighten the load)
A full Flask!—the rich nectar this bottle contains
In a flood of fresh rapture shall roll through our veins.
Let it bleed—and carousing this liquor divine,
Sing an hymn to the God that first cultur'd the vine.