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And I this bowl, where wanton ivy twines, And swelling clusters bend the curling vines: Four Figures rising fro the wor! a""ear, #he various Seasons of the rolling year$ And what is that, which binds the radiant s!y, %here twelve fair signs in beauteous order lie& DA)*N. #hen sing by turns, by turns the )uses sing$ Now hawthorns blosso , now the daisies s"ring$ Now leaves the trees, and flowers adorn the ground: +egin, the vales shall every note rebound. S#,-PH*N. Ins"ire e, Phoebus, in y Delia.s "raise, %ith %aller.s strains, or /ranville.s oving lays0 A il!1white bull shall at your altars stand, #hat threats a fight, and s"urns the rising sand. DAPHNIS. * 2ove0 for And a!e y No la bs or #hy victi , S#,-PH*N. )e gentle Delia bec!ons fro the "lain, #hen hid in shades, eludes her eager swain$ +ut feigns a laugh, to see e search around, And by that laugh the willing fair is found. DAPHNIS. #he s"rightly Sylvia tri"s along the green, She runs, but ho"es she does not run unseen$ %hile a !ind glance at her "ursuer flies, How uch at variance are her feet and eyes0 S#,-PH*N. *.er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow, And trees wee" a ber on the ban!s of Po$ +lest #ha es.s shores the brightest beauties yield, Feed here, y la bs, I.ll see! no distant field. DAPHNIS. 6elestial 7enus haunts Idalia.s groves$ Diana 6ynthus, 6eres Hybla loves$ If %indsor1shades delight the atchless aid, 6ynthus and Hybla yield to %indsor1shade. S#,-PH*N. All nature ourns, the s!ies relent in showers, Sylvia let e gain the "ri3e, tongue victorious as her eyes$ shee" for victi s I.ll i "art, 2ove, shall be the she"herd.s heart. 4(

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Hush.d are the birds, and closed the droo"ing flowers$ If Delia s ile, the flowers begin to s"ring, #he s!ies to brighten, and the birds to sing. DAPHNIS. All nature laughs, the groves are fresh and fair, #he sun.s ild lustre war s the vital air$ If Sylvia s iles, new glories gild the shore, And van9uish.d Nature see s to char no ore.

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