AMYNTAS.
123
CHORUS.
I.
The virtues of the rural shade
Are often raised beyond their aim;
And oft the shepherd, and the maid,
Intent on love, are crowned with fame.
I.
The virtues of the rural shade
Are often raised beyond their aim;
And oft the shepherd, and the maid,
Intent on love, are crowned with fame.
II.
Blest swains, exempt from care, and pain;
For nature plans your peaceful state;
Free from ambition, yet you gain
More warm encomius than the great!
Blest swains, exempt from care, and pain;
For nature plans your peaceful state;
Free from ambition, yet you gain
More warm encomius than the great!
III.
You shall without a hardy deed
Be severed from the human throng;
You need not idly wish to bleed
That you may live in sacred song.
You shall without a hardy deed
Be severed from the human throng;
You need not idly wish to bleed
That you may live in sacred song.
Let
