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Pastorals

After the Simple Manner of Theocritus. By Mr. Purney

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Yet happy he, in time, found means to mark
His witless Tattle on a Maple's Bark.
But ah, how should he, poor Boy, 'ere find out,
Lines near enough to deck his Tree about.
Forc'd was he Swains o'rehear behind some balk,
Then on his Tree go print the tender Talk.