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Bare to the Knee succinct a Damsel Train
Behind attends, and glitters tow'rd the Plain.
As when her Limbs Divine, Diana laves
In fair Parthenius, or th' Amnesian Waves,
Sublime in Royal State the bounding Roes
Whirl her bright Car along the Mountain Brows;
Swift to her Fane in Pomp the Goddess moves,
The Nymphs attend that haunt the shady Groves,
Th' Amnesian Fount, or silver-streaming Rills;
Nymphs of the Vales, or Oreads of the Hills!
The fawning Beasts before the Goddess play,
Or trembling, savage Adoration pay.
Thus on her Car sublime the Nymph appears,
The Croud falls back, and as she moves, reveres:
Swift to the Fane aloft her Course she bends;
The Fane she reaches, and to Earth descends:
Then to her Train—Ah me! I fear we stray,
Misled by Folly to this lonely Way!
Behind attends, and glitters tow'rd the Plain.
As when her Limbs Divine, Diana laves
In fair Parthenius, or th' Amnesian Waves,
Sublime in Royal State the bounding Roes
Whirl her bright Car along the Mountain Brows;
Swift to her Fane in Pomp the Goddess moves,
The Nymphs attend that haunt the shady Groves,
Th' Amnesian Fount, or silver-streaming Rills;
Nymphs of the Vales, or Oreads of the Hills!
The fawning Beasts before the Goddess play,
Or trembling, savage Adoration pay.
Thus on her Car sublime the Nymph appears,
The Croud falls back, and as she moves, reveres:
Swift to the Fane aloft her Course she bends;
The Fane she reaches, and to Earth descends:
Then to her Train—Ah me! I fear we stray,
Misled by Folly to this lonely Way!
Alas!
