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Rh But if the gay, well-natur'd friend Bids leave the studious page awhile, Then easier joys the soul unbend And teach the brow a softer smile; Then while the genial glass is paid By each to her, that fairest maid, Whose radiant eyes his hopes obey, What lucky vows his bosom warm! While absence heightens every charm, And love invokes returning.

! thou delight of heav'n and earth, When will thy happy morn arise? When the dear place which gave her birth Restore to my eyes? There while she walks the wonted grove, The seat of music and of love, Bright as the primæval fair, Thither, ye silver-sounding lyres, Thither, gay smiles and young desires, Chast hope and mutual faith repair. And