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BOOK I.  Thy Pipe, and skreen'd thee from opprobrious Tongues. Acknowledge thy Own Harley, and his Name Inscribe on ev'ry Bark; the wounded Plants Will fast increase, faster thy just Respect.


 * Such are our Heroes, by their Virtues known,

Or Skill in Peace, and War: Of softer Mold The Female Sex, with sweet attractive Airs Subdue obdurate Hearts. The Travellers oft, That view their matchless Forms with transient Glance, Catch suddain Love, and sigh for Nymphs unknown, Smit with the Magic of their Eyes: nor hath The Dædal Hand of Nature only pour'd Her Gifts of outward Grace; their Innocence Unfeign'd, and Virtue most engaging, free From Pride, or Artifice, long Joys afford To th' honest Nuptial Bed, and in the Wane Of Life, rebate the Miseries of Age. Rh