An Humble Eglog
DAMAN _and_ DORUS.
DAMAN.
_Hail happy day!_ Dorus _sit down:
Now let no sigh, nor let a frown
Lodge near thy heart, or on thy brow.
The_ King! _the_ King’_s return’d! and now
Let’s banish all sad thoughts and sing_
We have our Laws, and have our King.
DORUS.
_’Tis true, and I would sing, but oh!
These wars have sunk my heart so low
‘Twill not be rais’d._
DAMAN.
_What not this day?
Why ’tis the_ twenty ninth of May:
_Let_ Rebels _spirits sink; let those
That like the_ Goths _and_ Vandals _rose
To ruine families, and bring
Contempt upon our_ Church, _our_ King,
_And all that’s dear to us, be sad;
But be not thou, let us be glad._
And, _Dorus_, to invite thee, look,
Here’s a Collection in this Book,
Of all those chearful Songs, that we
Have sung so oft and merilie[1]
As we have march’d to fight the cause
Of _Gods Anointed_, and our _Laws_
Such Songs as make not the least ods
Betwixt us _mortals_ and the _Gods_:
Such Songs as _Virgins_ need not fear
To sing, or a grave _Matron_ hear.
Here’s _love_ drest _neat_, and _chast_, and _gay_
As _gardens_ in the month of _May_;
Here’s harmony, and _Wit_, and _Art_,
To raise thy _thoughts_, and chear thy _heart_.
DORUS.
_Written by whom?_
DAMAN.
A friend of mine,
And one that’s worthy to be thine:
A Civil _Swain_, that knows his times
For business, and that done makes Rhymes;
But not till then: my Friend’s a man
Lov’d by the Muses; dear to _Pan_:
He blest him with a chearful heart:
And they with this sharp wit and Art,
Which he so tempers, as no _Swain_,
That’s loyal, does or mould complain.
DORUS.
I wou’d fain see him:
DAMAN.
_Go with me_
Dorus, _to yonder_ broad beech-tree,
_There we shall meet him and_ Phillis,
Perrigot, _and_ Amaryllis,
Tityrus, _and his dear_ Clora,
Tom _and_ Will, _and their_ Pastora:
_There wee’l dance, shake hands and sing_,
We have our Laws,
_God bless the King_.
(Izaak Walton)
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