A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

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H.ABI'Jo: thee, nymph, and bring with t!Jee
J..,at, and youUJful Jollity,
Quipe, and cranks, and wanton wiles,
N oda, aud becks, and wreathM emile a,
Such as hang on Hebe'• cheek,
A.nd love to live in dimple sleek;
Sport that wrinkled Care derides,
A.nd laughter holding both hie aictos.
Come and trip it as you go
On the light fantastic toe:
And in thy right hand lead with thee
The mountnin-nympb, sweet Liberty:
A.nd, if I give thee honour due,
Mirth, admit me of' thy crew,
T o live with her, and live with thee,
In unreprovfld ple3lluree Cree:
To he&r the lark begin his ftight,
And einging startle the dull night,
From his watch-tower in the ekiee,
Till the dappled dawn doth riee;
Theu to come, in spite of sorrow,
And at my window bid good-morrow,
Through the awet~t brier or the vine 1
Or the twisted eglantine :
While the cock with lively din,
Beattera the re&r of d:~rkne811 thin,
And to· the stack, or tbe bam-door,
Stoutly etruta his dames before ;
on liat'ning how the bounds and hom
Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn,
From tbe aide of some bou nill,
Throufth tbe high wood echoing shrill;
Bomettmea walking not unseen
Bf hedgerow elms, on hillocks green,
Right against the eastern gate,
Where the great sun begins his atate,
Robed in &.mea, a nd amber light,
Tbe clouds in thousand liveries dight ;
While the P-loughman near at hand
Whistles o er the furrow'd land,
And the niilkmaid singeth blithe,
A.nd the mower·wheta hie 1cythe,