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On Snow fall'n in Autumn, and dissolv'd by the Sun.

I.
1 NAture now stript of all her Summer-Dress,
2 And modestly surmizing, 'twere unmeet
3 For each rude Eye to view her Nakedness;
4 Around her bare Limbs wraps this Snowy Sheet.
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II.
5 The wanton Sun the slight-wrought Shroud removes
6 T'embrace the naked Dame, whose fertile Womb
7 Admits the lusty Paramour's warm Love's,
8 And is made big with the fair Spring to come.

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Title (in Source Edition): On Snow fall'n in Autumn, and dissolv'd by the Sun.
Author: Nahum Tate
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Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London: Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ..., 1677, pp. 88-89. [15],133p. (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Harding C 2953].)

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