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MELODIES.
II...AMATORY AND SENTIMENTAL.
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THE BUDDING HOPES.
The budding hopes which hourly spring,While Fancy's bower is young and green,
Too often perish ere they fling
Their viewless odours round the scene;
But, oh! there's one, which, planted here,
The heart's red current flows to cherish,
And should that blossom disappear,
The soil it springs from too must perish.
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[My gentle Muse on Heliconia strays]
My gentle Muse on Heliconia strays,Or gaily sports in sweet Pierian bowers,
And, when descending to inspire my lays,
Her airy form is but the breath of flowers.
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[While folly's shrine attracts the fair]
While folly's shrine attracts the fair,Blame not the beaux who worship there;
If gods for you took meaner shapes,
No wonder we descend to apes;
Let beauty smile on worth alone,
And fops and fools will not be known.
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THE NOSEGAY.
Here the rose and lily, twining,
Her enchanting face bespeak;
For the sweetest hues, combining,
Decorate her lovely cheek.
Her enchanting face bespeak;
For the sweetest hues, combining,
Decorate her lovely cheek.
In this blushing pink that deck'd her,
Glows an emblem of her lip,
Both distilling purest nectar,
Both inviting mine to sip.
Glows an emblem of her lip,
Both distilling purest nectar,
Both inviting mine to sip.
In this violet I discover
Her sweet eye's cerulean hue,
Like the star of love, above her,
Sparkling in etherial blue.
Her sweet eye's cerulean hue,
Like the star of love, above her,
Sparkling in etherial blue.
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