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SUMMER.

THE

SECOND PASTORAL.

To Dr. GARTH.

A faithful swain, whom Love had taught to sing,Bewail'd his fate beside a silver Spring;Where gentle Thames his winding waters leadsThro' verdant forests, and thro' flow'ry meads.There while he mourn'd, the streams forgot to flow,The flocks around a dumb compassion show,

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