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PASTORALS.
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DAPHNIS.Nay tell me first, in what more happy fieldsThe Thistle springs, to which the Lilly yields?And then a nobler prize I will resign,For Sylvia, charming Sylvia, shall be thine.
DAMON.Cease to contend, for (Daphnis) I decreeThe bowl to Strephon, and the lamb to thee:Blest Swains, whose Nymphs in ev'ry grace excell,Blest Nymphs, whose Swains those graces sing so well!Now rise and haste to yonder woodbine bow'rs,A soft retreat from sudden vernal show'rs;The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd,While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around.For see! the gath'ring flocks to shelter tend,And from the Pleiads fruitful show'rs descend.

SUMMER.

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