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30 The holy Priests, at each returning year, Two Bowls of Milk, and two of Oil shall bear; And I my self the Guests with friendly Bowls will chear. Two Goblets will I crown with sparkling Wine, The gen'rous Vintage of the Chian Vine; These will I pour to thee, and make the Nectar thine. In Winter shall the Genial Feast be made Before the Fire; by Summer in the shade. Damætas shall perform the Rites Divine; And Lictian Ægon in the Song shall join. Alphesibæus, tripping, shall advance; And mimick Satyrs in his antick Dance. When to the Nymphs our annual Rites we pay, And when our Fields with Victims we survey: While savage Boars delight in shady Woods, And finny Fish inhabit in the Floods; While Bees on Thime, and Locusts feed on Dew, Thy grateful Swains these Honours shall renew. Such Honours as we pay to Pow'rs Divine, To Bacchus and to Ceres, shall be thine. Such annual Honours shall be giv'n, and thou Shalt hear, and shalt condemn thy Suppliants to their Vow. What Present worth thy Verse can Mopsus find! Not the soft Whispers of the Southern Wind, That play through trembling Trees, delight me more; Nor murm'ring Billows on the sounding Shore;