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Where thro' the freezing Skies in Storm's it pours,
And brightens the dull Air with shining Show'rs,
Ev'n there with you I could securely rest,
And dare all Cold, but in my Dæmon's Breast;
Or should you dwell beneath the sultry Ray,
Where rising Phœbus ushers in the Day,
There, there I dwell! Thou Sun, exert thy Fires,
Love, mighty Love, a fiercer Flame inspires:
Or if a Pilgrim you would pay your Vows,
Where Jordan's Streams in soft Mæanders flows;
I'll be a Pilgrim, and my Vows I'll pay
Where Jordan's Streams in soft Mæanders play:
Joy of my Soul! my ev'ry Wish in one!
Why must I love, when loving I'm undone?
Sweet are the Whispers of the waving Trees,
And murm'ring Waters, curling to the Breeze:
Sweet are soft Slumbers in the shady Bow'rs
When glowing Suns infest the sultry Hours;
And brightens the dull Air with shining Show'rs,
Ev'n there with you I could securely rest,
And dare all Cold, but in my Dæmon's Breast;
Or should you dwell beneath the sultry Ray,
Where rising Phœbus ushers in the Day,
There, there I dwell! Thou Sun, exert thy Fires,
Love, mighty Love, a fiercer Flame inspires:
Or if a Pilgrim you would pay your Vows,
Where Jordan's Streams in soft Mæanders flows;
I'll be a Pilgrim, and my Vows I'll pay
Where Jordan's Streams in soft Mæanders play:
Joy of my Soul! my ev'ry Wish in one!
Why must I love, when loving I'm undone?
Sweet are the Whispers of the waving Trees,
And murm'ring Waters, curling to the Breeze:
Sweet are soft Slumbers in the shady Bow'rs
When glowing Suns infest the sultry Hours;
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