ODE TO A LADY WHO HATES THE COUNTRY. Joseph Warton Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T116245 1135 K093079.002 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. II. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 pp. 256-258. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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ODE TO A LADY WHO HATES THE COUNTRY . BY THE SAME . NOW Summer , daughter of the Sun , O'er the gay fields comes dancing on , And earth o'erflows with joys ; Too long in routs and drawing-rooms , The tasteless hours my fair consumes 'Midst folly , flattery , noise . Come hear mild Zephyr bid the rose Her balmy-breathing buds disclose , Come hear the falling rill ; Observe the honey-loaded Bee , The beech-embower'd cottage see , Beside yon' sloping hill . By Health awoke at early morn , We'll brush sweet dews from every thorn , And help unpen the fold ; Hence to yon hollow oak we'll stray , Where dwelt , as village-fables say , An holy Druid old . Come wildly rove thro' desart dales To listen how lone Nightingales In liquid lays complain ; Adieu , the tender thrilling note , That pants in Monticelli's throat , And Handel's stronger strain . " Insipid pleasures these ! you cry , " Must I from dear assemblies fly , " To see rude peasants toil ? " For operas listen to a bird ? " Shall Arcadia . Sydney's fables be preferr'd " To my sagacious Hoyle ? O falsly fond of what seems great , Of purple pomp and robes of state , And all life's tinsel glare ! Rather with humble violets bind , Or give to wanton in the wind Your length of sable hair . Soon as you reach the rural shade , Will Mirth , the sprightly mountain maid , Your days and nights attend ; She'll bring fantastic Sport and Song , Nor Cupid will be absent long , Your true ally and friend .