Tunc ad feneftras (anxii nolint, velint) Diem precemur profperam viciniæ, Caput exerentes e rofis fylveftibus,
Seu vite, five flexili cynosbato. Dum Martius clamore Gallus vivido Tenuem laceffit in fugâ caliginem,
Mox, teste multo, quà virent colles, vager, Ulmofque fepes ordinatas implicat,
Eoa ftans apricus ante limina,
Ubi fol corufcum magnus inftaurat diem Veftitus igni, lucidoque fuccino, Inter micantûm mille formas nubium. Vicinus agrum dum colonus transmeat, Atque æmulatur ore fiftulam rudi, Mul&tramque portat cantitans puellula, Falcique cotem meffor aptat firidulæ, Suamque paftor quifque garrit fabulam, Reclinis in convalle, fubter arbuto. Mox illecebras oculus arripuit novas, Dum longus undiquaque profpectus patet,
Ruffet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do ftray Mountains, on whofe barren breast The labouring clouds do often reft, Meadows trim with daizies pide, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide : Tow'rs and battlements it fees Bofom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps fome beauty lies The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrfis met, Are at their favory dinner fet
Of herbs and other country meffes,
Which the neat-handed Phillis dreffes;
And then in hafte her bower fhe leaves With Theftylis to bind the fheaves;
Canum novale, et fufca faltûs æquora, Quà pecora gramen demetunt vagantia, Sublimium fterilia terga montium, Qui ponderofa fæpe torquent nubila, Maculofa vernis prata paffim bellibus, Amnes vadofi, et latiora flumina.
Pinnasque murorum, atque turres cernere est Criftata circùm quas coronant robora,
Ubi forte quædam nympha fallit, cui decor Viciniam (cynofura tanquam) illuminat. Juxta duarum fubter umbrâ quercuum, Culmis opertâ fumus emicat cafâ,
Qua jam vocati Thyrfis et Corydon fedent, Famemque odoro compriment convivio, Herbis, cibifque rufticis, nitidiffimâ Quæ fufficit fuccincta Phillis dexterâ : Mox Theftyli morem gerens jacentia Aureis catenis cogit in fafces fata : Vernifve in horis, fole toftum virgines Fænum recenti pellicit fragrantiâ; Eft et ferenis quando fæta gaudiis Excelfiora perplacent magalia;
Utcunque juxta flumen in numerum fonant Campanæ, et icta dulcè barbitos ftrepit, Dum multa nympha, multa pubes duritèr Pellunt trementes ad canorem cefpites Dubias per umbras; qua labore liberi Bb 2
And young and old come forth to play On a fun-fhine holy-day,
Till the live-long day-light fail,
Then to the fpicy nut-brown ale,
With ftories told of many a feat,
How fairy Mab the junkets eat; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And by the Friar's lanthorn led; Tells how the drudging goblin fweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His fhadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimny's length, Basks at the fire his hairy ftrength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his nfattin fings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds foon lull'd asleep. Towred cities please us then, And the bufy humm of men,
Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumph hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize
Juvenefque ludunt, et fenes promiscui, Melius nitente fole propter ferias. Jam quando vefperafcit, omnes allicit Auro liquenti Bacchus hordiaceus, Phyllifque narrat fabulofa facinora, Lamia ut paratas Mabba confumpfit dapes, Se vapulaffe, et effe preffam ab Incubo, Fatuoque tritâ ab igne feductam viâ; Ut et laborem fubiit Idolon gravem, Floremque lactis meritus eft ftipendium; Unius (inquit) ante noctis exitum Tot grana frugis fufte trivit veneficus, Quot expedire ruftici nequeunt decem,
Quo jam peracto plumbeum monftrum cubat, Focumque totum latere longo metiens Crinita membra feffus igne recreat; Dein, priufquam gallus evocat diem, Tandem fatur phantafma fefe proripit. Sic abfolutis fabulis ineunt toros, Atque ad fufurros dormiunt favonii, Turrita deinde perplacebunt oppida, Et gentis occupatæ mixta murmura, Equitumque turba, nobilefque fpendidi, Qui pacis ipfâ vel triumphant in togâ, Nurusque, quarum lumen impetus viris Jaculatur acres, præmiumque deftinat
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