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The branching Vine the jolly Bacchus loves;
The Cyprian Queen delights in Myrtle Groves.
With Hazle, Phillis crowns her flowing Hair,$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
And while she loves that common Wreath to wear;
Nor Bays, nor Myrtle Bows, with Hazle shall compare.

THYRSIS.

The towring Ash is fairest in the Woods;

In Gardens Pines, and Poplars by the Floods:
But if my Lycidas will ease my Pains,
And often visit our forsaken Plains;
To him the tow'ring Ash shall yield in Woods;95
In Gardens Pines, and Poplars by the Floods.

MELIBOEUS.

The Rhymes I did to Memory commend,

When Vanquish'd Thyrsis did in vain contend;
Since when, 'tis Corydon among the Swains,
Young Corydon without a Rival Reigns.100