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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.004 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. IV. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 222-223. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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On BATHING . A SONNET . By the Same . WHEN late the trees were stript by Winter pale , Fair HEALTH , a Dryad-maid in vesture green , Rejoyc'd to rove 'mid the bleak sylvan scene , On airy uplands caught the fragrant gale , And ere fresh morn the low-couch'd lark did hail Watching the sound of earliest horn was seen . But since gay Summer , thron'd in chariot sheen , Is come to scorch each primrose sprinkled dale , She chuses that delightful cave beneath The crystal treasures of meek Isis' stream ; And now all glad the temperate air to breathe , While cooling drops distil from arches dim , Binding her dewy locks with sedgy wreath She sits amid the quire of Naiads trim .