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A MEDLEY.
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To the same sweet air and tremble deeper down,
And slip at once all-fragrant into one.
And slip at once all-fragrant into one.
Less prosperously the second suit obtain'd
At first with Psyche. Not tho' Blanche had sworn
That after that dark night among the fields,
She needs must wed him for her own good name;
Not though he built on what she said of the child;
Nor tho' she liked him, would she yield, but fear'd
To incense the Head once more; till on a day
When Cyril pleaded, Ida came behind
Seen but of Psyche. On her foot she hung
A moment and she heard, at which her face
A little flush'd and she past on; but each
Assumed from thence a half-consent involved
In stillness, plighted troth, and were at peace.
At first with Psyche. Not tho' Blanche had sworn
That after that dark night among the fields,
She needs must wed him for her own good name;
Not though he built on what she said of the child;
Nor tho' she liked him, would she yield, but fear'd
To incense the Head once more; till on a day
When Cyril pleaded, Ida came behind
Seen but of Psyche. On her foot she hung
A moment and she heard, at which her face
A little flush'd and she past on; but each
Assumed from thence a half-consent involved
In stillness, plighted troth, and were at peace.
Nor only these; Love in the sacred halls
Held carnival at will, and flying struck
With showers of random sweet on maid and man.
Held carnival at will, and flying struck
With showers of random sweet on maid and man.
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