Poems, chiefly pastoral By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces |
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FANNY OF THE DALE.
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Let the declining damask roseWith envious grief look pale;
The summer bloom more freely glows
In Fanny of the dale.
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Is there a sweet that decks the field,Or scents the morning gale;
Can such a vernal fragrance yield,
As Fanny of the Dale?
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The painted belles, at court rever'd,Look lifeless, cold, and stale:
How faint their beauties, when compar'd
With Fanny of the dale!
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The willows bind Pastora's brows,Her fond advances fail:
For Damon pays his warmest vows
To Fanny of the Dale.
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Might honest truth, at last, succeed,And artless love prevail;
Thrice happy cou'd he tune his reed,
With Fanny of the dale!
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