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[XXIIII. Hard by a Cristall fountaine, ORIANA ye bright lay doune a sleeping]

Hard by a Cristall fountaine

Hard by a Cristall fountaine, ORIANA ye bright lay doune a sleeping, The birds they finely chirped, The birds they finely chirp'd ye winds were stilled, Sweetly with these accenting the aër was filled, Which heau'n for hir reserueth, which heau'n for hir reserueth, Leaue sheppards your Lambs-keeping, Vpon the barren mountaine, For shee the sheppards life maintaines and yowërs, Then sang the sheppards and Nimphs of Diana, Nimphs of Diana, faire ORIANA, Long liue faire ORIANA, Long liue faire ORIANA, Long liue faire ORIANA, Long liue faire ORIANA.

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