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CONCLUSION.
TO A FRIEND.
When erst the Enthusiast Fancy's reign
Indulg'd the wild, romantic thought,
That wander'd 'midst Arcadian vales,
Sicilian streams, Arabian gales;
Blest climes, with wond'rous pleasures fraught,
Sweet pleasures, unalloy'd with pain!
Indulg'd the wild, romantic thought,
That wander'd 'midst Arcadian vales,
Sicilian streams, Arabian gales;
Blest climes, with wond'rous pleasures fraught,
Sweet pleasures, unalloy'd with pain!
When Observation's calmer view
Remark'd the real state of things;
Whate'er amusive one obtain'd,
Whate'er of use the other gain'd,
To thee my verse a tribute brings,
A tribute to thy friendship due.
Remark'd the real state of things;
Whate'er amusive one obtain'd,
Whate'er of use the other gain'd,
To thee my verse a tribute brings,
A tribute to thy friendship due.
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Accept then this, nor more require:
The Muse no further task essays;
But 'midst the sylvan scenes she loves,
The falling rills, and whispering groves,
With smiles her labours past surveys,
And quits the syrinx and the lyre.
The Muse no further task essays;
But 'midst the sylvan scenes she loves,
The falling rills, and whispering groves,
With smiles her labours past surveys,
And quits the syrinx and the lyre.
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