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ON THE SAME EVENING.

The shepherds on pale Dian fondly gaze,
The huntsman with delight her glory sees,
The tented warrior now observes her rays,
And the lone fisher on the silent seas:
The pale astronomer, from out his tow'r,
With watchful eyes her perfect sphere surveys,
And the fine poet wastes the midnight hour,
Enamour'd of the glory of her ways:
But, most of all, (and let compassion weep!)
The madman to her throned beauty turns,
Forsaken of all hope, of balmy sleep,
And for a world of idle fancy burns!
The mind of man is like the ebbing Sea,
O changeful Dian, oversway'd by thee!