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 With a garland of straw I'll crown thee, love,

I’ll marry thee with a rush ring:

Thy frozen heart shall melt with love,

so merrily I shall sing.Yet still, &c.

But if you'll harden your heart, love,

and be deaf to my pitiful moan,

Ah! I must endure the smart, love,

and tumble in straw alone.Yet still, &c.





y Pinky-House oft let me walk,

while circled in my hands,

I hear my Nelly sweetly talk,

and gaze o'er all her charms;

O let me, ever fond, behold

those graces void of art!

Those cheerful smiles that sweetly hold

in willing chains my heart.

O come, my love! and. bring anew

that gentle turn of mind;

That gracefulness of air, in you,

by Nature's hand design'd:

That beauty like the blushing rose,

first lighted up this flame;

Which, like the sun, for ever glows

within my breast the same!

Ye light Coquets! ye airy things!

how vain is all your art!

How seldom it a lover brings!

how rarely keeps a heart!