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Aminta.
AMINTA .
BY THE REV . MR . GERRARD . iiN o ' ergrown wood my wandering steps invade , With surface mantled in unt ' rodden' -snow ; Dire haunt , for none but savage monsters made , Where frosts descend , and howling tempests blow , Herefrom the search of busy mortals stray'd
, , My woe-worn soul shall hug her galling chain : For sure , no forest boasts too deep a shade , No haunt too wild for misery to remain . O my Aminta ! dear distracting name ! Late all my comfort , all my fond delight ; Still writhes my soul beneath its torturing flame ,
Still thy pale image fills my aching sight 1 When shall vain memory slumber o ' er her woes ? When to oblivion be her tale resign'd ? When shall this fatal form in death repose , Like thine , fair victim , to the dust consign'd ? Again the accents faulter on my tongue ;
Again to tear the conscious tear succeeds ; From sharp reflection is ihe dagger sprung , AfidNature , wounded to the centre , bleeds . Ye bitter skies ! upon the tale descend—Ye blasts , though rude your visits , lend an ear -. Around , ye gentler oaksyour branches bend
, , And , as ye listen , drop an icy tear . 'Twas when the step with conscious p leasure roves , Where round the shades the circling woodbines throng ; When Flora wantons o ' er th' enamel'd groves . And feather'd choirs indulge the amorous song .
1 ' nspir'd by duteous love , I fondly stray'd , Two milk-white doves officious to ensnare ; Beneath a silent thicket as they play'd , A grateful present for my softer fair . But , ah ! in smiles no more they met my sight , Their ruffled heads lay gasping on the ground : Where ( my dire emblem ) a rapacious Kite
Tore their soft limbs , and strew'd their plumes around The tear of pity stole into my eye ; While ruder passions in their turn succeed : Forbid the victims utireveng'd to die , And doom the author of their vvronas to bleed .
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Aminta.
AMINTA .
BY THE REV . MR . GERRARD . iiN o ' ergrown wood my wandering steps invade , With surface mantled in unt ' rodden' -snow ; Dire haunt , for none but savage monsters made , Where frosts descend , and howling tempests blow , Herefrom the search of busy mortals stray'd
, , My woe-worn soul shall hug her galling chain : For sure , no forest boasts too deep a shade , No haunt too wild for misery to remain . O my Aminta ! dear distracting name ! Late all my comfort , all my fond delight ; Still writhes my soul beneath its torturing flame ,
Still thy pale image fills my aching sight 1 When shall vain memory slumber o ' er her woes ? When to oblivion be her tale resign'd ? When shall this fatal form in death repose , Like thine , fair victim , to the dust consign'd ? Again the accents faulter on my tongue ;
Again to tear the conscious tear succeeds ; From sharp reflection is ihe dagger sprung , AfidNature , wounded to the centre , bleeds . Ye bitter skies ! upon the tale descend—Ye blasts , though rude your visits , lend an ear -. Around , ye gentler oaksyour branches bend
, , And , as ye listen , drop an icy tear . 'Twas when the step with conscious p leasure roves , Where round the shades the circling woodbines throng ; When Flora wantons o ' er th' enamel'd groves . And feather'd choirs indulge the amorous song .
1 ' nspir'd by duteous love , I fondly stray'd , Two milk-white doves officious to ensnare ; Beneath a silent thicket as they play'd , A grateful present for my softer fair . But , ah ! in smiles no more they met my sight , Their ruffled heads lay gasping on the ground : Where ( my dire emblem ) a rapacious Kite
Tore their soft limbs , and strew'd their plumes around The tear of pity stole into my eye ; While ruder passions in their turn succeed : Forbid the victims utireveng'd to die , And doom the author of their vvronas to bleed .