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Show t 180 j Pair aftei· pair, along his facred groves To Hymen's fane the bright proceffion moves; Each fmiling youth a n1yrtle garland ihades, And wreaths of rofes veil the bluihing n1aids ; Light Joys on twinkling feet attend the throng, 49 5 Weave the gay dance, or raife the frolic fong ; -Thick, as they pafs, exulting Cupids fling Proinifcuous arrows from the founding firing; On_ wings of goifamer foft \Vhifpers By, And the :fly Glance fieals :lide-long from the eye. .soo -As round his :fhrine the gaudy circles bow, And feal with 1nuttering lips the faithlefs vow, Licentious Hymen joins their mingled hands, And loofely twines the meretricious bands.--- Thus where pleafed VENus, in the fouthern 1nain, 505 Sheds all her fmiles on Otaheite' s plain, t:lcllroy its individuality any more than the number of paps of a fow, or the number of her cotyledons, each of which includes one of her y~ung. The focicty, called the Areoi, in the ifland of Otahelte, confi11s of about Ioo males • nd roo females, who form oue promifcuous marriage. ( I8r ] Wide o'er the ifle her :filken net lhe draws And the Loves laugh at all but Nature's l'a ws." Here ceafed the Goddefs,---o'er the :filent firings Applauding Zephyrs fwept their fluttering wings; 510 Enraptur' d Sylphs arofe in murmuring crowds To air-wove canopies and pillowy clouds; Each Gnome reluctant fought his earthy cell, And each chill Floret clos' d her velvet bell. Then, on foft tiptoe, NIGHT approaching near 5 1 5 Hung o'er the tunclefs lyre his fable ear; Gem' d with bright llars the frill ethereal plain, And bade his Nightingales repeat the frrain. |