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HYACINTH, Porpts, or, Dark Buve. 
HYACINTH, Featuerep. 
Contentment gives a crown 
Where fortune hath deny'd it 
My crown is in my heart, not on my h 
Nor decked with diamonds, and Indian ica 
Nor to be seen; my crown is called content ; 
A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy 
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’Tis better to be lowly bor 
And range with humble livers, in con ntent, 
Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, 
And wear a golden sorrow 
Much will always wanting be 
To him who much desires. Thrice happy he 
To whom the wise indulgency of heaven, 
With sparing hand, but just enough has given. 
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Who lives to nature, rarely can be poor; 
Who lives to fancy, never can be rich 
JEALOUSY, 
Love, thou knowest, is full of jealousy ! 
In gentle love =a sweetest joys we find— 
Yet even those joys, dire je ealousy molests 
And blackens cae fir i image in our breasts. 
Trifles light as 
Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong 
As proof of holy w 
A slight, a single glanc 
And shot at random, often has Lavage home 
A sudden fever to the dates heart 
Oh, how with one trivial glance, 
Might she ruin the peace of my mind! .... Shenstone. 
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EXcess OF BEAUTY HATH 
BEWITCHED ME. 
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Her beauty’s princely en oes is such 
Confounds the tongue, and s the senses rough. 
Shaks 
Fair etd maiden—young and affable, 
More clear of hue, and far more beautiful 
Than ansstt on x, or purple rocks 
Of amethyst, or psa hyacint 
Your eyes are lode-stars, and your tongue’s sweet air 
More tuneable than lark to shepherd’s ear 
When wheat is green, when hawthorn-buds appear. 
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The brightness of her cheek would shame the stars, 
As day-light doth a lamp! her eye in tail 
Would through the airy region stream so 
That birds would ming, om and think it were aa er 
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