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[4] Charming Sylvia ceaſe to languish, Oft the groves muſt witneſs be, Falls of water have complained, And their ſound echo to me: No longer ſhall ſhe mourn and languiſh, But in ſweet wedlock’s band be join’d, The lark and Philomel, All may rejoice and tell. How l am bleſt with ſuch charms divine.

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Arewel the ſweet pleaſures of loving the flowers and meadows ſo gay, Where firſt my poor heart was deluded, and by a falſe man ſtole away.

'Tis hard for young maids to believe ’em, for young men flatter and lie, Their pleaſure is to be deceiving, all for a young man I muſt die.

When firſt they do vow to adore ye, if you but their offers ſhould ſlight, They will form ten thouſand ſtories, and ſwear they are ruined quite.

They’ll make you a thouſand fine preſents on purpoſe your hearts to betray, Young virgins take care of deluſion, and let not your hearts go aſtray.