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ardian angels now protect me, Send me to the ſwain I love, Cupid with his bow direct me, Help me all ye Powers above. Bear him my ſighs ye gentle breezes, Tell him I love, and I admire; Tell him for him I live, Tell him for him I grieve, Oh! may the ſhepherd be ſincere.

Through the ſhady groves I'll wander, Silent as the bird at night; Near the brink of yonder fountain, Firſt Leander bleſs'd my fight, Witneſs ye groves and falls of water, Echoes repeat the vows he ſwore, Can he forget me? Will he neglect me? Shall I never ſee him more.

Does he love, and yet forſake me? to admire a nymph more fair; If it be ſo, I'll wear the willow, And eſteem the happy pair. Come lonely cave I'll make my dwelling, Ne'er more the cares of life purſue: The lark and Philomel, Alone can hear me tell, Wherefore I bid the world adieu.