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By this had night o'ercast the gloomy scene,
And twinkling stars emblaz'd the blue serene
Yet on she wander'd till with grief opprest
She fell; and, falling, smote her snowy breast:
Now to he heavens her guilty head she rears,
And pours her bursting sorrow into tears|
Then plaintive speaks, "Ah! fond mistaken maid,
"How was thy mind by gilded hopes betray'd!
"Why didst thou with for bowers and flowery hills,
"For smiling meadows, and for purling rills;
"Since on those hills no youth or damsel roves,
"No shepherd haunts the solitary groves?
"Ye meads that glow with intermingled dyes,
"Ye flowering palms that from yon hillocks rise,
"Ye quivering brooks that softly murmur by,
"Ye panting gales that on the branches die;
"Ah! why has Nature through her gay domain
"Display'd your beauties, yet display'd in vain?
"In vain, ye flowers, you boast your vernal bloom,
"And waste in barren air your fresh perfume.
"Ah! leave, ye wanton birds, yon lonely spray;
"Unheard you warble, and unseen you play: