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THE HIND IN THE WOOD.
Prince's wedding festivities continued for several months—each day produced a fresh amusement,—and the adventures of the White Hind were sung throughout the world.
Of the Princess, too much in haste
The pleasures of the world to taste,
And quit a home sagacious Fays
Had built to hide her from its blaze,
The troubles and the transformations
Prove to what perils and temptations
The youthful maid exposed may be,
The world too soon allow'd to see.
And you, to whom Love's liberal hand
Has given charms few can withstand,
Discreetly use your dangerous pow'r;
For Beauty has its fatal hour.
Think not around to scatter darts,
And keep unscathed your reckless hearts;
A shaft may strike on one of stone,
And, glancing, wound to death your own.
