SELECTIONS IN ENGLISH POETRY

Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles,

Such as hang on Hebe's cheek,

And love to live in dimple sleek; 30

Sport that wrinkled Care derides,

And laughter holding both his sides.

Come, and trip it as ye go

On the light fantastic toe,

And in thy 'righ£j^ji_^d_wjth.^h^t 35

And, if I give thee honour due,
Mirth, admit me of thy crew
To live with her, and live with thee,
In unreprgved pleasures free; 40
To hear the lark begin his flight,
.And singing startle the dull Night,
From his watch-tower in the skies,
Till the dappled Dawn doth rise \
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Through the sweet-brair, or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine, '
While the cock with lively din
Scatters the rear of darkness thin, 50
And to the stack, or the barn-door,
Stoutly struts his dames before,
Oftjistening how the hounds and horn
Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn,
From the side of some hoar hill, 55
Through the high wood echoing shrill :
Sometime walking not unseen
By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green,
Right against the eastern gate,
Where the great Sun begins his state, 60
Robed in flames, and amber light,
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