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 Where hearts with mutual fervour beat, Where hps with unchecked fondness meet, Than when to transient rules of art Fashion would mould the struggling heart.

Nor wanted they the joy of amity. Koreungat claimed that social tie. Koreungat and Moyarra grew Alike in strength and friendship too; And now, together to the field They sallied forth with spear and shield : Together to the river went To rob the watery element; And when, encumbered with their prey, Homeward, at eve, they bent their way, The tones of Mytah's voice were heard Caroling like a summer bird, As forth she bounded o'er the plain And blithely hailed them home again. Then would she urge the friends to tell How, or by whom, their victim fell; And with quick jibe and mock contempt