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THE DAY ESTIVAL;
Hawks prunyies on the sunny braes,  And wedders back and side.
With gilded eyes, and open wings,  The cock his courage shows; With claps of joy his breast he dings,  And twenty times he crows.
The dove, with whistling wings so blue,  The winds can fast collect; Her purple pens turns many a hue,  Against the sun direct.
Now noon is went, gone is mid-day,  The heat does slack at last; The sun descends down west away,  From three of clock be past.
A little cool of breathing wind  Now softly can arise; The works through heat that lay behind,  Now men may enterprise.
Forth paires the flocks to seek their food,  On every hill and plain; Each labourer as he thinkis good,  Steps to his turn again.
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