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TO
THE QVEENE,
presented with a suit, in
the behalfe of F. S. directed,
From Orpheus Prince of Poets,

To the Queene of Light; In favour of a
young listner to his Harpe.

I sing these Numbers in the shady Land,Where Ayrie Princes dwell; which I commandSome Spirit, or some Winde, gently conveyTo you, whose breath is Spring, whose Eie-beames Day!'Gainst your arrivall here, which must be late;(Such pow'r the pray'rs of Mortalls have with Fate)Fields I have dress'd, so rich in scent, and show;As if your influence taught our Flow'rs to grow:Where still delighted you shall nobly move;Not like a sad Shadow, as they above

With

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