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[Hail to the Myrtle Shade!]
Hail to the Myrtle Shade!
All hail to the Nymphs of the Fields!
Kings will not here invade,
Though Vertue all freedom yields.
Beauty here opens her Arms,
To soften the languishing Mind;
And Phillis unlocks her Charms.
Oh Phillis, Oh why so kind!
All hail to the Nymphs of the Fields!
Kings will not here invade,
Though Vertue all freedom yields.
Beauty here opens her Arms,
To soften the languishing Mind;
And Phillis unlocks her Charms.
Oh Phillis, Oh why so kind!
Phillis the Soul of Love,
And Joy of the neighbouring Swains;
Phillis that crowns the Groves,
And Phillis that guilds the Plains.
Phillis that ne'er had the skill
To paint, or to patch, or be fine;
Yet Phillis whose Eyes can kill,
Whom Nature has made Divine.
And Joy of the neighbouring Swains;
Phillis that crowns the Groves,
And Phillis that guilds the Plains.
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To paint, or to patch, or be fine;
Yet Phillis whose Eyes can kill,
Whom Nature has made Divine.
Phillis whose charming Tongue
Makes labour and pain a delight:
Phillis that makes the Day young,
And shortens the live-long Night.
Phillis whose Lips like May
Still smile on the pleasures they bring,
Where Love never knew decay,
But keeps an Eternal Spring.
Makes labour and pain a delight:
Phillis that makes the Day young,
And shortens the live-long Night.
Phillis whose Lips like May
Still smile on the pleasures they bring,
Where Love never knew decay,
But keeps an Eternal Spring.
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