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! al vaine delightes Of calm and moonshine nightes; Adieu! al pleasant shade That forests thicke have made; Adieu! al musick swete That little fountaynes poure, When blythe theire waters greete The lovesick lyly-flowre.

Adieu! the fragrant smel Of flowres in boskye dell; And all the merrie notes That tril from smal birdes' throates; Adieu! the gladsome lighte Of Day, Morne, Noone, or E'en; And welcome gloomy Nighte, When not one star is seen.

Adieu! the deafening noyse Of cities, and the joyes