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[6] Since Phillis vouchſaf'd me a look,

I never once dreamt of my vine:

May I loſe both my pipe and my crook,

if I knew of a kid that was mine.

I prize ev'ry hour that went by,

beyond all that pleas'd me before;

But now they are paſt, and I ſigh,

and I grieve that I priz'd them no more.

But, why do I languiſh in vain?

why wander thus penſively here?

Oh! why did I come from the plain,

where I fed on the ſmiles of my dear?

They tell me my favourite maid,

the pride of that valley, is flown;

Alas! where with her I have ſtray'd,

I could wander with pleaſure alone.

When forc'd the fair nymph to ,

what anguiſh I felt at my heart;

Yet I thought,—but it might not be ſo,

’twas with pain that ſhe ſaw me depart.

She gaz'd as I ſlowly withdrew,

my path I could hardly diſcern;

So ſweetly ſhe bade me adieu,

I thought that ſhe bade me return.

The pilgrim that journies all day,

to viſit ſome far diſtant ſhrine;

If he bear but a relique away,

is happy, nor heard to repine.