The Fair Circassian, A Dramatic Performance Done from the Original By a Gentleman-Commoner of Oxford. The Second Edition Corrected. To which are added Several Occasional Poems. By the same Author [i.e. Samuel Croxall] |
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THE MIDSUMMER WISH. |
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THE MIDSUMMER WISH.
------Quis me gelidis in vallibus Hæmi
Sistat, & ingenti ramorum protegat umbrâ!
Virg.
Sistat, & ingenti ramorum protegat umbrâ!
Virg.
Waft me, some soft and cooling Breeze,
To Windsor's shady kind Retreat,
Where Silvan Scenes, widespreading Trees,
Repel the Dogstar's raging Heat.
To Windsor's shady kind Retreat,
Where Silvan Scenes, widespreading Trees,
Repel the Dogstar's raging Heat.
Where tufted Grass and mossy Beds
Afford a rural calm Repose;
Where Woodbinds hang their dewy Heads,
And fragrant Sweets around disclose.
Afford a rural calm Repose;
Where Woodbinds hang their dewy Heads,
And fragrant Sweets around disclose.
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Old Oozy Thames that flows fast by
Along the smiling Valley plays;
His glassy Surface chears the Eye,
And thro' the flowry Meadow strays.
Along the smiling Valley plays;
His glassy Surface chears the Eye,
And thro' the flowry Meadow strays.
His fertile Banks with Herbage green,
His Vales with golden Plenty swell,
Where-e'er his purer Streams are seen
The Gods of Health and Pleasure dwell.
His Vales with golden Plenty swell,
Where-e'er his purer Streams are seen
The Gods of Health and Pleasure dwell.
Let me thy clear thy yielding Wave
With naked Arm once more divide,
In Thee my glowing Bosom lave,
And cut the gently-rolling Tide.
With naked Arm once more divide,
In Thee my glowing Bosom lave,
And cut the gently-rolling Tide.
Lay me, with Damasc Roses crown'd,
Beneath some Osier's dusky Shade,
Where Water-Lillies deck the Ground,
Where bubling Springs refresh the Glade.
Beneath some Osier's dusky Shade,
Where Water-Lillies deck the Ground,
Where bubling Springs refresh the Glade.
Let dear Lucinda too be there,
With azure Mantle slightly drest.
Ye Nymphs, bind up her flowing Hair,
Ye Zephyrs, fan her panting Breast.
With azure Mantle slightly drest.
Ye Nymphs, bind up her flowing Hair,
Ye Zephyrs, fan her panting Breast.
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O haste away, fair Maid, and bring
The Muse, the kindly Friend to Love;
To Thee alone the Muse shall sing,
And warble thro' the vocal Grove
The Muse, the kindly Friend to Love;
To Thee alone the Muse shall sing,
And warble thro' the vocal Grove
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