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Dryades

or, The Nymphs Prophecy. A Poem. By Mr. Diaper
 
 
 

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This Scene had some bold Greek, or British Bard
Beheld of old, what Stories had we heard
Of Fairies, Satyrs, and the Nymphs their Dames,
Their Feasts, their Revels, and their am'rous Flames?
'Tis still the same, altho' their airy Shape
All but a quick Poetick Sight escape.
Cowper's-Hill.