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Aud Uie remotest solitude enjoys. 



The blessing of more quiet and less noise. 



Come then, my I.ove. and let's retire from hence 



And leave this busy — fond impertinence. 



See ! e'en the City's t-ldcst son aud heir, 



Who gets his Gold — his dear-lov'd Idol— there, 



Yet in the Country spends his City-gains, 



And makes its pleasures recompense his pains. 



And though the City has his public voice, 



The Countrj' ever has his private choice. 



Here still the Rich, the Noble, and the Great 



Unbend their minds in a secure Retreat, 



And Heaven's free Canopy yields more delight 



Thau gilded roofs and fret-work to the sight ; 



Nor can fenc'd cities keep the mind in peace 



So well as open guardless Villages. 



Come then, my Love — let 's from the city haste, 



Each minute we speud there, is so much waste. 



I have a Country farm, whose fertile ground 



Soft murmuring brooks and chrystal streams surround ; 



A better air or soil were never known. 



Nor more convenient distance from the Town. 



Hither, my Love — if thou wilt take thy flight, 



The City will no more thy sense delight — 



Driven from thy thoiiglits as quickly as thy siglit. 



Here in the shades I will my Dear caress 



At leisure to receive my kind address. 



Here from the City and its tumults free 



I shall enjoy more than myself in thee. 



No business shall invade our pleasure here, 



No rude disturber of our sports appear. 



Here thou thy secret passion shalt reveal 



And whisper in my ear the pleasing tale ; 



While in requital I disclose my flame, 



And in the fav'ring shades conceal my shame. 



Here, like kind Turtles — we will bill and coo, 



For here to love is all we have to do. 



Oh ! could I see that happy, happy day ! 



I know no bliss beyond, for which to pray. 



Then to the Country let us — Dear ! repair ; 



For Love thrives best in the clear open air." 



To the tenth Emblem in the second Book is prefixed an 

 engraving of a young female standing by the side of a bed, 

 and pointing out by the aid of a lamp that it is unoccupied, 

 while on the other side a youthful figure invested with 



