Quote #66
The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.
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- Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides. Come, and trip it, as you go. On the light fantastic toe.
- Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free.
- Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles.
- While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn door, Stoutly struts his dames before, Oft…
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- And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
- Peor and Baalim Forsake their temples dim.
- Meadows trim, with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and balements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps …