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SCENE II.
Strephon,discover'd sitting thoughtfully.
AIR.
Man was in Paradise unbless'd,
No social Bliss he knew,
'Till God-like Woman stood confess'd,
Cœlestial to his View.
With Awe he gaz'd, with Joy admir'd,
His Maker's best Decree;
Delights unknown his Bosom fir'd,
And Love his Tongue set free.
No social Bliss he knew,
'Till God-like Woman stood confess'd,
Cœlestial to his View.
With Awe he gaz'd, with Joy admir'd,
His Maker's best Decree;
Delights unknown his Bosom fir'd,
And Love his Tongue set free.
In ev'ry Age, in ev'ry Clime,
The Sex is still renown'd;
They raise the Soul to Heights sublime,
And all the Passions bound:
Like bright Aurora's genial Beam,
They gild the anxious Mind:
And Love and Beauty reign supreme,
To charm and bless Mankind.
The Sex is still renown'd;
They raise the Soul to Heights sublime,
And all the Passions bound:
Like bright Aurora's genial Beam,
They gild the anxious Mind:
And Love and Beauty reign supreme,
To charm and bless Mankind.
Ah, loitring Youth! why idly thus proceed?
The flying Minutes shou'd have better heed.
(Rising.)
But Colin comes, he looks in great Concern,
I'll wait awhile the bad Mishap to learn.
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