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<HEAD>The Contented LOVERS: OR, <HI>A plea&s;ant Dialogue between a Shepherd and a Nymph.</HI></HEAD>
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<LG>
<L>SHepherd <HI>Adonis,</HI> being weary of his &s;port,</L>
<L>Return'd to the woods, where he u&s;ed to re&s;ort,</L>
<L>He let fall his crook, and he laid him&s;elf down,</L>
<L>He envy'd no monarch, nor wi&s;h'd for no crown.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He drank of the brook, eat the fruit of the tree,</L>
<L>Enjoying him&s;elf, from all cares was he free:</L>
<L>He valu'd no nymph, were &s;he ever &s;o fair;</L>
<L>No pride, no ambition, had he, nor no care.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But as it fell out in oue evening &s;o clear,</L>
<L>A charming &s;weet voice he chanced to hear:</L>
<L>He &s;tood like a &s;tone, nor one foot could he move,</L>
<L>He knew not what ail'd him, but fear'd it was love.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The nymph &s;he beheld him with a mode&s;t grace,</L>
<L>Seeing &s;omething appear, &s;he di&s;gui&s;ed her face;</L>
<L>She di&s;gui&s;ed her face, and unto him did &s;ay,</L>
<L>How now, Mr. Shepherd, how came you this way?</L>
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<LG>
<L>The Shepherd reply'd, and to her he &s;aid,</L>
<L><HI>I ne'er was &s;urpriz'd at the &s;ight of a maid:</HI></L>
<L><HI>When fir&s;t I beheld thee, from all care I was free,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But now I am captive, my deare&s;t, to thee.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>O &s;hepherd! O &s;hepherd! leave not your free &s;tate,</L>
<L>For love will entangle you in &s;orrow that's great,</L>
<L>And di&s;tract your brain, that you ne'er can have re&s;t</L>
<L>Then incline not to love, for as yet you are ble&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Fair nymph of the wood, and thou charmer of man,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thy beauty's &s;o great, that I can't it with&s;tand;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Then pity my ca&s;e, and yield me &s;ome Joy;</HI></L>
<L><HI>O pity, O pity, a wounded young Boy.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The nymph &s;he reply'd, with a langui&s;hing look,</L>
<L>Saying, Shepherd, alas! my way I mi&s;took,</L>
<L>Or you had never known me, nor I who you were,</L>
<L>For now I do pity you, I do declare.</L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Then &s;it thee down by me, thou beauteous nymph,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And let me enjoy thy &s;weet per&s;on, not glimp&s;e</HI></L>
<L><HI>Of thy beauty cele&s;tial, &s;o charming and fair;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thy beauty indeed is beyond all compare.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>O don't prove my downfal! why will you? O why</HI></L>
<L><HI>Will you let your poor &s;hepherd thus langui&s;hing lie?</HI></L>
<L><HI>If you grant me not love, all the world can't me &s;ave,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Tho' once I did &s;light you, 'twill bring me to my grave.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>With that poor <HI>Adonis</HI> let fall &s;ome few tears,</L>
<L>His face looked pale, which di&s;cover'd his cares:</L>
<L>The nymph looked red, and blu&s;hing did cry,</L>
<L><HI>O no, &s;weet</HI> Adonis! <HI>for me you &s;han't die.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Then take your &s;hepherde&s;s, I'll be no more coy,</HI></L>
<L><HI>In love let us live, and each other enjoy;</HI></L>
<L><HI>In groves that are plea&s;ant, under trees that are high,</HI></L>
<L><HI>In love let us live, and in love let us die.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This an&s;wer reviv'd poor <HI>Adonis</HI>'s heart,</L>
<L>His troubles were fled, and he felt no more &s;mart:</L>
<L>The nymph &s;he receiv'd him with looks mo&s;t kind,</L>
<L>And from her &s;hepherd &s;he comfort did find.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then clo&s;e he embrac'd her, and &s;oft laid her down,</L>
<L>The sky was their te&s;ter, their bed was the ground:</L>
<L>He folded her &s;o oft within his fond arms,</L>
<L>Her face and her features di&s;cover'd her charms.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As charming as <HI>Venus</HI> was, when &s;he was took</L>
<L>Along with brave <HI>Mars,</HI> when the Gods at them look.</L>
<L>Yet this nymph and this &s;hepherd mo&s;t beautiful fair,</L>
<L>Like the light of the &s;un-beams &s;o charming were.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus in &s;weet enjoyment, free from care and &s;trife,</L>
<L>This happy couple do lead a &s;weet life:</L>
<L>No wars, nor no battles, no rumours they &s;ee,</L>
<L>In peace, in great comfort, and plea&s;ure they be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Among the &s;weet groves thus they plea&s;ant do live,</L>
<L>And nothing do want but what nature doth give;</L>
<L>It is there, it is there, it is there they do keep</L>
<L>Their quiet, contented, and &s;weet harmle&s;s &s;heep.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All the day near to fountains and rivers they rove,</L>
<L>At night they return to the peaceable grove;</L>
<L>And thus in the day, as well as the night,</L>
<L>They live in great plea&s;ure, in joy, and delight.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>One &s;ings with her voice, t'other plays with his flute,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t one is employed, the other &s;tands mute;</L>
<L>They look at each other &s;o charming and &s;weet,</L>
<L>Sometimes interpo&s;ing their lips they do meet.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thus charming, thus loving, they lead a &s;weet life,</L>
<L>So free from all care, and &s;o void of all &s;trife;</L>
<L>If therefore all of you contentment would find,</L>
<L>Like this happy couple be loving and kinds.</L>
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