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ODE, In Imitation of Pastor Fido.
[O Primavera Gioventu del Anno.]
Written abroad in 1729.
I
Parent of blooming flowers and gay desires,Youth of the tender year, delightful Spring,
At whose approach inspir'd with equal fires,
The amorous nightingale and poet sing:
II
Again dost thou return, but not with theeReturn the smiling hours I once possess'd;
Blessings thou bring'st to others, but to me
The sad remembrance, that I once was bless'd.
III
Thy faded charms, which winter snatch'd away,Renew'd in all their former lustre shine;
But ah! no more shall hapless I be gay,
Or know the vernal joys that have been mine.
IV
Tho' linnets sing, tho' flowers adorn the green,Tho' on their wings soft zephyrs fragrance bear;
Harsh is the music, joyless is the scene,
The odour faint; for Delia is not there.
V
Chearless and cold I feel the genial sun,From thee while absent I in exile rove;
Thy lovely presence, fairest light, alone.
Can warm my heart to gladness and to love.
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