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Melius bunny venerit ipsa canemus	A
Virg	B
Imitation	C
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His wish'd for presence will improve the song	B
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Too long a stranger to repose	A
At length from Pain's abhorred couch I rose	A
And wander'd forth alone	D
To court once more the balmy breeze	A
And catch the verdure of the trees	A
Ere yet their charms were flown	D
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'Twas from a bank with pansies gay	B
I hail'd once more the cheerful day	B
The sun's forgotten beams	A
O Sun how pleasing were thy rays	A
Reflected from the polish'd face	A
Of yon refulgent streams	A
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Raised by the scene my feeble tongue	B
Essay'd again the sweets of song	B
And thus in feeble strains and slow	E
The loitering numbers 'gan to flow	E
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'Come gentle Air my languid limbs restore	F
And bid me welcome from the Stygian shore	F
For sure I heard the tender sighs	A
I seem'd to join the plaintive cries	A
Of hapless youths who through the myrtle grove	G
Bewail for ever their unfinish'd love	H
To that unjoyous clime	I
Torn from the sight of these ethereal skies	A
Debarr'd the lustre of their Delia's eyes	A
And banish'd in their prime	I
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'Come gentle Air and while the thickets bloom	I
Convey the jasmine's breath divine	J
Convey the woodbine's rich perfume	I
Nor spare the sweet leaf'd eglantine	J
And mayst thou shun the rugged storm	I
Till Health her wonted charms explain	K
With Rural Pleasure in her train	K
To greet me in her fairest form	I
While from this lofty mount I view	L
The Sons of earth the vulgar crew	L
Anxious for futile gains beneath me stray	B
And seek with erring step Contentment's obvious way	B
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'Come gentle Air and thou celestial Muse	A
Thy genial flame infuse	A
Enough to lend a pensive bosom aid	M
And gild Retirement's gloomy shade	M
Enough to rear such rustic lays	A
As foes may slight but partial friends will praise '	-
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The gentle Air allow'd my claim	I
And more to cheer my drooping frame	I
She mixt the balm of opening flowers	A
Such as the bee with chemic powers	A
From Hybla's fragrant hills inhales	A
Or scents Sabea's blooming vales	A
But ah the nymphs that heal the pensive mind	N
By prescripts more refined	N
Neglect their votary's anxious moan	D
Oh how should they relieve the Muses all were flown	D
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By flowery plain or woodland shades	A
I fondly sought the charming maids	A
By woodland shades or flowery plain	K
I sought them faithless maids in vain	K
When lo in happier hour	O
I leave behind my native mead	P
To range where Zeal and Friendship lead	Q
To visit Luxborough's honour'd bower	O
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Ah foolish man to seek the tuneful maids	A
On other plains or near less verdant shades	A
Scarce have my footsteps press'd the favour'd ground	R
When sounds ethereal strike my ear	S
At once celestial forms appear	T
My fugitives are found	R
The Muses here attune their lyres	A
Ah partial with unwonted fires	A
Here hand in hand with careless mien	U
The sportive graces trip the green	U
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But whilst I wander'd o'er a scene so fair	V
Too well at one survey I trace	A
How every Muse and every Grace	A
Had long employ'd their care	V
Lurks not a stone enrich'd with lively stain	K
Blooms not a flower amid the vernal store	F
Falls not a plume on India's distant plain	K
Glows not a shell on Adria's rocky shore	F
But torn methought from native lands or seas	A
From their arrangement gain fresh power to please	A
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And some had bent the wildering maze	A
Bedeck'd with every shrub that blows	A
And some entwined the willing sprays	A
To shield th' illustrious dame's repose	A
Others had graced the sprightly dome	I
And taught the portrait where to glow	E
Others arranged the curious tome	I
Or 'mid the decorated space	A
Assign'd the laurell'd bust a place	A
And given to learning all the pomp of show	E
And now from every task withdrawn	W
They met and frisk'd it o'er the lawn	W
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Ah woe is me said I	X
And 's hilly circuit heard my cry	X
Have I for this with labour strove	G
And lavish'd all my little store	F
To fence for you my shady grove	G
And scollop every winding shore	F
And fringe with every purple rose	A
The sapphire stream that down my valley flows	A
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Ah lovely treacherous maids	A
To quit unseen my votive shades	A
When pale Disease and torturing Pain	K
Had torn me from the breezy plain	K
And to a restless couch confined	N
Who ne'er your wonted tasks declined	N
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She needs not your officious aid	M
To swell the song or plan the shade	M
By genuine Fancy fired	Y
Her native genius guides her hand	Z
And while she marks the sage command	Z
More lovely scenes her skill shall raise	A
Her lyre resound with nobler lays	A
Than ever you inspired	Y
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Thus I my rage and grief display	B
But vainly blame and vainly mourn	A2
Nor will a Grace or Muse return	B2
Till Luxborough lead the way	B

William Shenstone

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