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Browfe then your fill, fond Forefters ! to you 

 Shall fturdy Labour quit his daily taik 

 Well pleas'd ; nor longer o'er "his -ufeiefs plots 

 Dip in the dew the fplendor of his fcythe. 

 He, leaning on that fcythe, with carols gay 185 



Salutes his fleecy fubftitutes, that rufh 

 In bleating chace to their delicious tafk, 

 And, fpreading o'er the plain, with eager teeth 

 Devour it into verdure. Browfe your fill 

 Fond Forefters! the foil that you enrich i9 



Shall ftill fupply your morn and evening meal 

 With choiceft delicates ; whether you choofe 

 The vernal blades, that rife with feeded flem 

 Of hue purpureal ; or the clover white, 

 That in a fpiked ball colle&s its fweets ; 195 



Or trembling fefcue : ev'ry fav'rite herb 

 Shall court your taile, ye harmlefs epicures! 

 Meanwhile permit that with unheeded flep 

 I pafs befide you, nor let idle fear 



Spoil your repaft, for know the lively fcene, 200 



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