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What! shall the saucy Prudes presume to boast,
That they possess the Jewel I have lost?
Whilst I, (my fatal Folly seen too late,)
Like Angels fall'n, deplore my wretched Fate,
Curse what l feel, and bless my former State.
That they possess the Jewel I have lost?
Whilst I, (my fatal Folly seen too late,)
Like Angels fall'n, deplore my wretched Fate,
Curse what l feel, and bless my former State.
She said—and strait to her Lov'd Thyrsis goes,
Thyrsis had now a sweet Retirement chose;
With Industry and Care compos'd a Grove,
And laid the Scene of all his future Love.
A shady Verdant Walk the Entrance grac'd,
Of Yew and Holly in nice Order plac'd;
Down whose Descent the Eye might far pursue
A dubious Prospect, that deceiv'd the View;
The op'ning Scene the gazing Eye employs,
And by degrees prepares it for Surprize.
Thyrsis had now a sweet Retirement chose;
With Industry and Care compos'd a Grove,
And laid the Scene of all his future Love.
A shady Verdant Walk the Entrance grac'd,
Of Yew and Holly in nice Order plac'd;
Down whose Descent the Eye might far pursue
A dubious Prospect, that deceiv'd the View;
The op'ning Scene the gazing Eye employs,
And by degrees prepares it for Surprize.
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