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V (i) O gen'rous world! wherefore despise Those strains that warble from the skies On earth to dwell ? Why do ye hold in high contempt Those very dreams ye once have dreamt; But coula not tell? (2) There is no heart that doth not warm At Beauty's chaste and virtuous form ; Where'er 't may be. 3 i Then wherefore blindly thus refuse And treat with scorn the charming Muse Of Poesie? Oh! nymph so fair is found nowhere But on the stars in midnight air That beam so bright! Whoe'er could view that for...m unmoved, Or see those loving eyes unloved- Must have no sight! (4) Her form so graceful, tall and slender. E'en Paradise in all its splendor Could not surpass, Her face is fair as lilies are When off'ring up their evening prayer, 'Mid dewy grass! (5) Her eyes divine like planets shine, And light with cheerful rays benign Man's bitter lot! Yet mild, her modest, queenly gaze, As e'er the day-star's steadiest rays She changes not! (e; No fairer foot nor nymph, nor fay, From forest flowers e'er brushed away 32 The morning dew.
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