HOPE. A PASTORAL BALLAD. Anonymous 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. T124631 1073 K099398.000 Mendez, Moses. A collection of the most esteemed pieces of poetry: that have appeared for several years. With variety of originals, by the late Moses Mendez, Esq; and other contributors to Dodsley's collection. To which this is intended as a supplement. London printed for Richardson and Urquhart 1767 pp. 195-196. [8],320p. ; 8⁰.

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HOPE . A PASTORAL BALLAD . MY pipe sounds a cheerfuller note , My crook is new garnish'd with flowers , This day to sweet thoughts I devote , Where blossom the eglantine bowers . My sheep unattended may stray Where clover impurples the plain , My dog unregarded may play , Till morning rise on him again . 'Tis fit that they too should partake Of the joy that enlivens my soul , At night I'll repair to the wake , And merrily quaff the full bowl . Just now , as I walk'd thro' the grove , I met my dear Delia there , And told her a tale of my love , Which she seem'd with soft pleasure to hear . A blush , like the blush of the dawn , Stole over her beautiful cheek , Smiles , sweeter than infants new-born , Told , more than I wish'd her to speak . I stole from her hand a sweet kiss , Nor tried she to draw it away , No description comes up to the bliss That reigns in my bosom to day . Methinks every Zephyr that blows Soft music conveys to my ear , Methinks every floweret that grows More blooming and fresh does appear . The birds tune their musical throats , And sing most delightfully sweet , In soft and more delicate notes Sweet Echo my sighs does repeat .