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Her father chides her oft: " Thou ow'st," says he, 

 « A husband to thyself, a son to me." 

 She, like a crime, abhors the nuptial bed: 

 She glows with blushes, and she hangs her head. 

 Then casting round his neck her tender arms, 

 Sooths him with blandishments, and filial charms. 

 Give me, my lord," she said, " to live, and die, 

 A spotless maid, without the marriage tie. 

 'Tis but a small request; I beg no more 

 « Than what Dianas father gave before." 

 The good old sire was soften d to consent, 

 But said her wish would prove her punishment; 

 For so much youth, and so much beauty jom'd, 

 Oppos'd the state, which her desires design d. 



The God of Light, aspiring to her bed, 

 Hopes what he seeks, with flattering fancies fed; 

 And as in empty fields the stubble burns, 

 Or nightly travellers, when day returns, 

 Their useless torches on dry hedges throw, 

 That catch the flames, and kindle all the row; 

 So burns the god, consuming in desire, 

 And feeding in his breast a fruitless fire. 

 Her 1 Wd neck he view'd (her neck was bare), 



And on her shoulders her dishevel d hair; 



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« Oh were it deck d, said ne, 

 « Would every waving curl become her face 

 aTSri her eyes, like heav nly lamps that shone, 

 He view'd her lips, too sweet to view alone, 

 Her taper fingers, and her panting breast; 



He praises all he sees, and for the rest ^ 

 S^raTthe wmd! the damsel fled away, 



. Thu rom the wolf the frighten d lamb removes, 



\a « nm nursuing falcons, fearful doves. 

 " Md ' ^r;"" and Art* a god ft* loves. 



Or'thou shouldst fall in flying m**f 



Yet tniniv ehpnherds swam am 1. 



« Not basely born, nor shepherd 



.. Me daros, Delphi, Tenedos, obey; 

 ,. These hands the Patareian seeptre sway. 



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