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... springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings , The fishes float , with new repaired scale ; The adder all her flough away fhe flings ; The fwift fwallow purfueth the flies fmall ...
... springs . The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings , The fishes float , with new repaired scale ; The adder all her flough away fhe flings ; The fwift fwallow purfueth the flies fmall ...
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... SPRING , A SONG . WHEN daifies pied and violets blue , And lady - fmocks , all filver white , And cuckow - buds , of yellow hue , Do paint the meadows with delight , The cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men , for thus fings he ...
... SPRING , A SONG . WHEN daifies pied and violets blue , And lady - fmocks , all filver white , And cuckow - buds , of yellow hue , Do paint the meadows with delight , The cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men , for thus fings he ...
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... fing Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring . SONG . O FOR a bowl of fat Canary , Rich Palermo , fparkling fherry , Some nectar elfe from Juno's dairy ; O these draughts would make us merry ! H O for a wench ( I deal in faces And 49.
... fing Cuckoo , to welcome in the spring . SONG . O FOR a bowl of fat Canary , Rich Palermo , fparkling fherry , Some nectar elfe from Juno's dairy ; O these draughts would make us merry ! H O for a wench ( I deal in faces And 49.
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... spring Hath put to flight the winter keen , To glad our lovely fummer queen . The paths where Amargana treads With flow'ry tapefiries Flora fpreads , And nature clothes the ground in green , To glad our lovely fummer queen . The groves ...
... spring Hath put to flight the winter keen , To glad our lovely fummer queen . The paths where Amargana treads With flow'ry tapefiries Flora fpreads , And nature clothes the ground in green , To glad our lovely fummer queen . The groves ...
Page 91
... spring . There shall you see the nymphs at play , And how the fatyrs spend the day ; The fishes gliding on the fands , Offering their bellies to your hands . The birds with heavenly - tuned throats , Poffefs wood's echo with sweet notes ...
... spring . There shall you see the nymphs at play , And how the fatyrs spend the day ; The fishes gliding on the fands , Offering their bellies to your hands . The birds with heavenly - tuned throats , Poffefs wood's echo with sweet notes ...
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