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In Britain's Isle and Arthur's days	A
When Midnight Faeries daunc'd the Maze	A
Liv'd Edwin of the Green	B
Edwin I wis a gentle Youth	C
Endow'd with Courage Sense and Truth	C
Tho' badly Shap'd he been	D
His Mountain Back mote well be said	E
To measure heigth against his Head	E
And lift it self above	F
Yet spite of all that Nature did	G
To make his uncouth Form forbid	G
This Creature dar'd to love	F
He felt the Charms of Edith's Eyes	H
Nor wanted Hope to gain the Prize	H
Cou'd Ladies took within	D
But one Sir Topaz dress'd with Art	I
And if a Shape cou'd win a Heart	I
He had a Shape to win	D
Edwin if right I read my Song	J
With slighted Passion pac'd along	J
All in the Moony Light	K
'Twas near an old enchaunted Court	L
Where sportive Faeries made Resort	L
To revel out the Night	K
His Heart was drear his Hope was cross'd	M
'Twas late 'twas farr the Path was lost	M
That reach'd the Neighbour Town	N
With weary Steps he quits the Shades	O
Resolv'd the darkling Dome he treads	P
And drops his Limbs adown	N
But scant he lays him on the Floor	Q
When hollow Winds remove the Door	Q
A trembling rocks the Ground	R
And well I ween to count aright	R
At once an hundred Tapers light	R
On all the Walls around	R
Now sounding Tongues assail his Ear	S
Now sounding Feet approachen near	T
And now the Sounds encrease	P
And from the Corner where he lay	U
He sees a Train profusely gay	U
Come pranckling o'er the Place	P
But trust me Gentles never yet	R
Was dight a Masquing half so neat	R
Or half so rich before	Q
The Country lent the sweet Perfumes	P
The Sea the Pearl the Sky the Plumes	P
The Town its silken Store	Q
Now whilst he gaz'd a Gallant drest	R
In flaunting Robes above the rest	R
With awfull Accent cry'd	R
What Mortall of a wretched Mind	R
Whose Sighs infect the balmy Wind	R
Has here presum'd to hide	R
At this the Swain whose vent'rous Soul	V
No Fears of Magick Art controul	V
Advanc'd in open sight	R
Nor have I Cause of Dreed he said	R
Who view by no Presumption led	R
Your Revels of the Night	R
'Twas Grief for Scorn of faithful Love	F
Which made my Steps unweeting rove	W
Amid the nightly Dew	R
'Tis well the Gallant crys again	N
We Faeries never injure Men	N
Who dare to tell us true	R
Exalt thy Love dejected Heart	R
Be mine the Task or e'er we part	R
To make thee Grief resign	N
Now take the Pleasure of thy Chaunce	P
Whilst I with Mab my part'ner daunce	P
Be little Mable thine	N
He spoke and all a sudden there	X
Light Musick floats in wanton Air	X
The Monarch leads the Queen	N
The rest their Faerie Partners found	R
And Mable trimly tript the Ground	R
With Edwin of the Green	N
The Dauncing past the Board was laid	R
And siker such a Feast was made	R
As Heart and Lip desire	Y
Withouten Hands the Dishes fly	V
The Glasses with a Wish come nigh	V
And with a Wish retire	Z
But now to please the Faerie King	A2
Full ev'ry deal they laugh and sing	A2
And antick Feats devise	P
Some wind and tumble like an Ape	B2
And other some transmute their Shape	B2
In Edwin's wond'ring Eyes	P
'Till one at last that Robin hight	R
Renown'd for pinching Maids by Night	R
Has hent him up aloof	C2
And full against the Beam he flung	D2
Where by the Back the Youth he hung	D2
To spraul unneath the Roof	C2
From thence 'Reverse my Charm he crys	P
'And let it fairely now suffice	P
'The Gambol has been shown	N
But Oberon answers with a Smile	V
Content thee Edwin for a while	V
The Vantage is thine own	N
Here ended all the Phantome play	V
They smelt the fresh Approach of Day	V
And heard a Cock to crow	E2
The whirling Wind that bore the Crowd	R
Has clap'd the Door and whistled loud	R
To warn them all to go	E2
Then screaming all at once they fly	V
And all at once the Tapers dy	R
Poor Edwin falls to Floor	Q
Forlorn his State and dark the Place	P
Was never Wight in sike a Case	P
Through all the Land before	Q
But soon as Dan Apollo rose	P
Full Jolly Creature home he goes	P
He feels his Back the less	P
His honest Tongue and steady Mind	R
Han rid him of the Lump behind	R
Which made him want Success	P
With lusty livelyhed he talks	P
He seems a dauncing as he walks	P
His Story soon took wind	R
And beautious Edith sees the Youth	C
Endow'd with Courage Sense and Truth	C
Without a Bunch behind	R
The Story told Sir Topaz mov'd	R
The Youth of Edith erst approv'd	R
To see the Revel Scene	N
At close of Eve he leaves his home	F2
And wends to find the ruin'd Dome	F2
All on the gloomy Plain	N
As there he bides it so befell	V
The Wind came rustling down a Dell	V
A shaking seiz'd the Wall	V
Up spring the Tapers as before	Q
The Faeries bragly foot the Floor	Q
And Musick fills the Hall	V
But certes sorely sunk with woe	E2
Sir Topaz sees the Elphin show	E2
His Spirits in him dy	R
When Oberon crys a Man is near	T
A mortall Passion cleeped Fear	T
Hangs flagging in the Sky	V
With that Sir Topaz Hapless Youth	C
In Accents fault'ring ay for Ruth	C
Intreats them Pity graunt	R
For als he been a mister Wight	R
Betray'd by wand'ring in the Night	R
To tread the circled Haunt	R
Ah Losell Vile at once they roar	Q
And little skill'd of Faerie lore	Q
Thy Cause to come we know	E2
Now has thy Kestrell Courage fell	V
And Faeries since a Ly you tell	V
Are free to work thee Woe	E2
Then Will who bears the wispy Fire	Y
To trail the Swains among the Mire	Z
The Caitive upward flung	D2
There like a Tortoise in a Shop	G2
He dangled from the Chamber top	G2
Where whilome Edwin hung	D2
The Revel now proceeds apace	P
Deffly they frisk it o'er the Place	P
They sit they drink and eat	R
The time with frolick Mirth beguile	V
And poor Sir Topaz hangs the while	V
'Till all the Rout retreat	R
By this the Starrs began to wink	H2
They skriek they fly the Tapers sink	H2
And down ydrops the Knight	R
For never Spell by Faerie laid	R
With strong Enchantment bound a Glade	R
Beyond the length of Night	R
Chill dark alone adreed he lay	V
'Till up the Welkin rose the Day	V
Then deem'd the Dole was o'er	Y
But wot ye well his harder Lot	R
His seely Back the Bunch has got	R
Which Edwin lost afore	Y
This Tale a Sybil Nurse ared	R
She softly strok'd my youngling Head	R
And when the Tale was done	N
Thus some are born my Son she cries	P
With base Impediments to rise	P
And some are born with none	N
But Virtue can it self advance	P
To what the Fav'rite Fools of Chance	P
By Fortune seem'd design'd	R
Virtue can gain the Odds of Fate	R
And from it self shake off the Weight	R
Upon th' unworthy Mind	R

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