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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.006 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. VI. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 211-212. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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The EVER-GREEN . WHEN tepid breezes fann'd the air , And violets perfum'd the glade , Pensive and grave my charming fair Beneath yon shady lime was laid . Flourish , said I , those favour'd boughs , And ever sooth the purest flames ! Witness to none but faithful vows ! Wounded by none but faithful names ! Yield every tree that crowns the grove To this which pleas'd my wandering dear ! Range where you will , ye bands of love , Ye still shall seem to revel here . Lavinia smil'd — and whilst her arm Her fair reclining head sustain'd , Betray'd she felt some fresh alarm ; And thus the meaning smile explain'd . When summer suns shine forth no more , Will then this lime its shelter yield ? Protect us when the tempests roar , And winter drives us from the field ? Yet faithful then the fir shall last — I smile , she cry'd , but ah ! I tremble , To think when my fair season's past , Which Damon then will most resemble .