lirik lagu emma topping - to dr. garth
a shepherd’s boy (he seeks no better name)
let forth his flocks along the silver thame
where dancing sun~beams on the waters play’d
and verdant alders form’d a quiv’ring shade
soft as he mourn’d, the streams forgot to flow
the flocks around a dumb compassion show
the naiads wept in ev’ry watry bow’r
and jove consented in a silent show’r
accept, o garths the muse’s early lays
that adds this wreath of ivy to thy bays
hear what from love unpractis’d hearts endure
from love, the sole disease thou canst not cure
ye shady beeches, and ye cooling streams
defence from phoebus not from cupid’s beams
to you i mourn, nor to the deaf i sing
the woods shall answer, and their echo ring
the hills and rocks attend my doleful lay
why art thou prouder and more hard than they
the bleating sheep with my complaints agree
they parch’d with heat, and i inflam’d by thee
the sultry sinus bums the thirsty plains
while in thy heart eternal winter reigns
where stray ye muses, in what lawn or grove
while your alexis pines m hopeless love ‘
in those fair fields where sacred isis ghdes;
or else where cam his winding vales divides
as in the crystal spring i view my face
fresh rising blushes paint the watry glass
but since those graces please thy eyes no more
i shun the fountains which i sought before
once i was sk!ll’d m ev’ry herb that grew
and ev’ry plant that drinks the morning dew
ah wretched shepherd, what avails thy art
to cure thy lambs, but not to heal thy heart
let odier swains attend the rural care
feed fairer flocks, or richer fleeces share
but mgh yon’ mountam let me tune my lays
embrace my love, and bind my brows with bays
that flute is mine which co/m’s timeful breath
inspir’d when hving, and bequeath’d m death
he said, alexis^ take this pipe, the same
that taught the groves my rosalinda’s name —
but now the reeds shall hang on yonder tree
for ever silent, since despis’d by thee
o were i made by some transforming pow’r
the captive bird that sings within thy bow’r
then might my voice thy list’ning ears employ
and i those kisses he receives, enjoy
and let my numbers please the rural throng
rough satyrs dance, and pan applauds the song
the nymphs forsaking ev’ry cave and spring
their early fruit, and milk~white turtles bring
each am’rous nymph prefers her gifts m vain
on you their gifts are all bestowed again
for you the swains the fairest flow’rs design
and in one garland all their beauties join
accept the wreath which you deserve alone
in whom all beauties are compriz’d in one
see what delights in sylvan scenes appear
descending gods have found elysium here
in woods bright venus with adonis stray’d
and chast diana haunts the forest shade
come lovely nymph, and bless the silent hours
when swams from sheermg seek their nightly bow’rs
when weary reapers quit the sultry field
and crown’d with com, their thanks to ceres yield
this harmless grove no lurking viper hides
but in my breast the serpent love abides
here bees from blossoms sip the rosie dew
but your alexis knows no sweets but you
oh deign to visit our forsaken seats
the mossie fountains, and the green retreats’
where~e’er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade
trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade
where~e’er you tread, the blushing flow’rs shall rise
and all things flourish where you turn your eyes
oh’ how i long with you to pass my days
invoke the muses, and resound your praise
your praise the birds shall chant in ev’ry grove
and winds shall waft it to the powers above 80
but wou’d you sing and rival orpheus’ strain
the wondring forests soon shou’d dance again
the moving mountains hear the pow’rful call
and headlong streams hang list’ning m their fall ^
but see, the shepherds shun the noon~day heat
the lowing herds to murm’ring brooks retreat
to closer shades the panting flocks remove
ye gods ~ and is there no relief for love
but soon the sun with milder rays descends
to the cool ocean, where his journey ends
on me love’s fiercer flames for ever prey
by night he scorches, as he bums by day
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- lirik lagu jae millz - ride it
- lirik lagu ty segall - shining
- lirik lagu ismail hacıoğlu & cem öget - tamirci çırağı
- lirik lagu nolais - way out
- lirik lagu gayboi carti - v3iny dih (original)
- lirik lagu пояна (poiana) - паук (spider)
- lirik lagu annalisa minetti - one more time (rmx)
- lirik lagu peter nagy - už je tu láska
- lirik lagu igwe aka - raising cattle