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Wand'ring in Woods they fled from Den to Den,
Or leading Flocks, turn'd Hirelings to Men:
Or, as the stately Pine erecting high
Her beauteous Branches, shooting to the Sky;
If strucken by the Thunderbolt of Jove,
Down falls at once the Pride of all the Grove,
Level with lowest Earth lyes the tall Head,
That rear'd aloft, as to the Clouds were spread;
So ———
But cease, my Muse, thy Colours are too faint,
Hide with a Veil those Griefs that none can paint:
This Sun is set———But see in bright Array
What Hosts of Heav'nly Light recruit the Day!
Love in a shining Galaxy appears
Triumphant still, and Grafton leads the Stars:
Ten thousand Loves ten thousand sev'ral Ways
Invade the Lookers-on, who die to gaze,
Knowing our Dooms, as to the Syren's Voice,
So sweet's th' Enchantment, that our Fate's our Choice.
Who most resembles her, let next be nam'd,
Villers, for Wisdom as for Beauty fam'd:
Of a high Race that conqu'ring Beauty brings
To charm the World, and Subjects make of Kings.
With what Delight my Muse to Sandwich flies,
Whose Wit is piercing as her sparkling Eyes;
Ah! how she mounts, and spreads her airy Wings,
And tunes her Voice, when she of Ormond sings,

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