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Spring’s darling, nature’s pride, the sylvan’s MN | 
queen— Wa 
To her at eve enamour’d Zephyr glideth, Hit 
Trembling, she bids him waft aside her screen, 
vale | And to his kisses wakes—the Flora of the scene, WAN | 
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ts: THE NARCISSUS. 
| BY GAY. 
Mee, Here young Narcissus o’er the fountain stood, LATE 
And view'd his image in the crystal flood ; Ht 
The crystal flood reflects his lovely charms, Mi 
00h, And the pleased image strives to meet his arms. Ht 
Ws: an P bab in ban | 
No nymph his inexperienced breast subdued, eeu 
Echo in vain the flying boy pursued. Wii 
Himself alone, the foolish youth admires, LWA 
| And with fond look the smiling shade desires ; an 
my O’er the smooth lake with fruitless tears he aii I 
ut grieves ; It) i 
gy His spreading fingers shoot in verdant leaves : ie 
Through his pale veins green sap now gently flows, 
And in a short-lived flower his beauty blows. 
th: Let vain Narcissus warn each female breast, 
That beauty’s but a transient good at best ; 
hich Like flowers it withers with th’ advancing year, 
And age like winter robs the blooming fair. 
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