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Witch filvery goffamer entwin'd Stream the luxuriant locks behind. Thin folds of tangled network break In airy waves adown her neck;=- Warp'd in his loom, the ſpider ſpread The far-diverging rays of thread, Then round and round with Muttle fine Inwrought the undulating line z=- Scarce hides the woof her boſom's In9w, One pearly nipple peeps below. One roſe-leaf forms her crimſon velt, The looſe edge crofles o'er her breaſt; And one tranſlucent fold, that fell From the tall lily's ample bell, Forms with ſweet grace her ſnow-white train, Flows, as ſhe ſteps, and ſweeps Ihe plain. Silence and Night inchanted gazt, And Heſper hides his vanquiſh'd rays!=-

Now the waked reed-finch ſwells his throat, And night-larks trill their mingled note: Yet huſb'd in moß with writhed neck The blackbird hides his golden beak; Charm'd from his dream of love, he wakes,

Opes his gay eye, his plumage ſhakes,

M E-- mdr