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THE DAY ESTIVAL;
Hawks prunyies on the sunny braes,
And wedders back and side.
And wedders back and side.
With gilded eyes, and open wings,
The cock his courage shows;
With claps of joy his breast he dings,
And twenty times he crows.
The cock his courage shows;
With claps of joy his breast he dings,
And twenty times he crows.
The dove, with whistling wings so blue,
The winds can fast collect;
Her purple pens turns many a hue,
Against the sun direct.
The winds can fast collect;
Her purple pens turns many a hue,
Against the sun direct.
Now noon is went, gone is mid-day,
The heat does slack at last;
The sun descends down west away,
From three of clock be past.
The heat does slack at last;
The sun descends down west away,
From three of clock be past.
A little cool of breathing wind
Now softly can arise;
The works through heat that lay behind,
Now men may enterprise.
Now softly can arise;
The works through heat that lay behind,
Now men may enterprise.
Forth paires the flocks to seek their food,
On every hill and plain;
Each labourer as he thinkis good,
Steps to his turn again.
On every hill and plain;
Each labourer as he thinkis good,
Steps to his turn again.
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