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A SOLILOQUY,
OCCASION'D By the Chirping of a Grasshopper.
Happy
Insect! ever blest
With a more than mortal rest,
Rosy dews the leaves among,
Humble joys, and gentle song!
Wretched Poet! ever curst,
With a life of lives the worst,
Sad despondence, restless sears,
Endless jealousies and tears.
With a more than mortal rest,
Rosy dews the leaves among,
Humble joys, and gentle song!
Wretched Poet! ever curst,
With a life of lives the worst,
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Endless jealousies and tears.
In the burning summer, thou
Warblest on the verdant bough,
Meditating chearful play,
Mindless of the piercing ray;
Scorch'd in Cupid's fervors, I
Ever weep, and ever die.
Warblest on the verdant bough,
Meditating chearful play,
Mindless of the piercing ray;
Scorch'd in Cupid's fervors, I
Ever weep, and ever die.
Proud to gratify thy will,
Ready nature waits thee still:
Balmy wines to thee she pours,
Weeping thro' the dewy flow'rs:
Rich as those by Hebe giv'n
To the thirsty sons of heav'n.
Ready nature waits thee still:
Balmy wines to thee she pours,
Weeping thro' the dewy flow'rs:
Rich as those by Hebe giv'n
To the thirsty sons of heav'n.
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Yet alas! we both agree,
Miserable thou like me!
Each alike in youth rehearses
Gentle strains, and tender verses;
Ever wand'ring far from home;
Mindless of the days to come,
(Such as aged winter brings
Trembling on his icy wings)
Both alike at last we die;
Thou art starv'd, and so am I!
Miserable thou like me!
Each alike in youth rehearses
Gentle strains, and tender verses;
Ever wand'ring far from home;
Mindless of the days to come,
(Such as aged winter brings
Trembling on his icy wings)
Both alike at last we die;
Thou art starv'd, and so am I!
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