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The Wood Nymph


Approach in silence. 'Tis no vulgar tale
Which I, the Dryad of this hoary oak,
Pronounce to mortal ears. The second age
Now hasteneth to ifs period since I rose
On this fair lawn. The groves of yonder vale
Are all my offspring: and each nymph who guards
The copses and the furrowed fields beyond,
Obeys me. Many changes have I seen
In human things, and many awful deeds
Of justice, when the ruling hand of Jove10
Against the tyrants of the land, against
The unhallowed sons of luxury and guile,
Was arm'd for retribution. Thus at length

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