ADVICE TO A SHEPHERD. Joseph Cockfield 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 1137 K093079.004 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. IV. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 133. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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ADVICE TO A SHEPHERD . BY THE SAME . SHepherd ! seek not wealth nor power , Let the verdant woodbine bower , And the hills , and vales , and trees , And the lonely cottage please . Can the gaudy gilded room Vie with fields in vernal bloom ? Or Italian airs excel Plaintive tuneful Philomel ? Can the futile arts of dress Grace thy modest Shepherdess ? Happier in her humble sphere , Than the daughters of the peer . 'Midst the city's tempting glare Dwell Disease , and Strife , and Care : Quit not then the farm or fold , Nor exchange thy Peace for Gold .