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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.002 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. II. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] p. 301. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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A SONG . By the Same . I. WHEN fair SERENA fair I knew , By friendship's happy union charm'd ; Incessant joys around her slew , And gentle smiles my bosom warm'd . II . But when with fond officious care I press'd to breathe my amorous pain , Her lips spoke nought but cold despair , Her eyes shot ice through ev'ry vein . III . Thus in ITALIA'S lovely vales The sun his genial vigour yields , Reviving heat each sense regales , And plenty crowns the smiling fields . IV . When nearer we approach this ray , High on the Alps' stupendous brow , Surpriz'd we see pale sun-beams play On everlasting hills of snow .