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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

Daphnis and Lycidas.

A

PASTORAL.

They sing the different Success and
Absence of their Loves.

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To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount
Townshend, of Rainham in Norfolk.

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-Sylvæ sunt Consule dignæ. Virg.

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Daphnis.

How calm the Evening! see the falling Day
Gilds every Mountain with a ruddy Ray!
In gentle Sighs the softly whisp'ring Breeze
Salutes the Flow'rs, and waves the trembling Trees;

Hark!