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46 The mothers basenesse in their deeds he sees, And all the wounded father swells his breast: Suddein he leaves the cave and mantling trees, And up the furzie hill his footsteps haste, While sullenly he soothes his soul to rest: Meantime the opening prospect wide he gains, Where, crownd with oake, with meadow flowres ydrest, His British chaplet, buxom Summer reigns, And waves his mantle greene farre round the smyling plains.

Still as he slow ascends, the bounteous farms, And old grey towres of rural churches rise, The fieldes still lengthening shew their crowded charms In fayre perspective and in richest guise: His sweeping scythe the white-sleevd mower plies, The plowman through the fallow guides his teame, Acrosse the wheaten fielde the milkmayde hies, To where the kine, foreby the reedy streame, With frequent lowe to plaine of their full udders seeme.