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Show 172 OEM S. Qui pour les coups de defefpoir Sont aux Malheureux fe propices, Qnand la cruaute de leur fort Les force a rechercher le Mort. Que je trouvc doux U ravage De ces fiers torrent vagabonds, Qui fe precipitent paY bonds, Dans ce 'valon vert & fanvage $ Puis gliffans fous les Arbriffcaux Ainfi que des Serpens fnr V herbe, Se changeant en plaifans ruiffeaux, Oti quclque Nayade fuperbe Regne comme en fon liSt natal, Deffus un Throfne de Chriflal. | Que f aime ces Marefls paifibhs^ II eft tout bordk dtli%iers, D* Aulnes, de Saules, &> d\ Ofters, A qui le fer neft point nmfible. Les Nimphes y tberchent le pais, S'y vienncnt fournir de qnenwvilles, De pipeaux, de hnce, &* de glak, Ou Von voit fauter les grenomlles, Qui de frayeur s'y vont cacher, Si toft quon veut sen approcher. E . rt 6. * ; La cent mille oyfeanx aqnatiqncs, Vivent fans craindre en leur reposy Le Giboyeur Jin &> difpos, Avec fes nmteUes pratiques. < T r Vn». ! TO EMS. i73 Which the unhappy would invite T o finifh all their forrows here, W h e n their hard fate makes them endure Such woes, as only death can cure. What pretty defolations make Thefe torrents vagabond and fierce, W h o in vaft leaps their fprings forfake, This folitary Vale to pierce. Then Aiding juft as Serpents do Under the foot of every Tree, Themfelves are chang d to Rivers too, Wherein fome fiztely'Nayade, As in her Native Bed, is grown A Queen upon a Chryfial Throne. This Fen befet with River-Plants, O ! h o w it does m y fenfes charm ! Nor Elders, Reeds, nor Willows want, Which the fharp Steel did never harm. Here Nymphs which come to take the Air, M a y with fuch Diftaffs furnifh'd be, As Flags and Rufhes can prepare, Where w e the nimble Frogs may fee, W h o frighted to retreat do flie, If an approaching man they fpie. & \ •-.. \j. Here Water-Fowl repofe enjoy, Without the interrupting care, Left Fortune fhould their blifs deftroy By the malicious Fowlers Snare. Some |