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Show ... Vlll thee. Which thou may'ft contemplate as diverfe little pictures fufpended over the chimney of a Lady's dreffing room, connefted only by a flight fiftoon of ribbons. And which, though thou may'fi not be acquainted with the orig1nals, may amufe thee by the beauty of their perfons, their graceful attitudes, or the brilliancy of their drefs. FAREWELL. THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS. CANTO I. DESCEND, ye hovering Sylphs! aerial Quires, And fweep with little hands your :Glver lyres; With fairy foodl:eps print your graffy rings, Y e Gnomes ! accordant to the tinkling firings : While in foft notes I tune to oaten reed Gay hopes, and amorous forrows of the mead.Frotn giant Oaks, that wave their branches dark, To the dwarf Mofs that clings upon their bark, B 5 |