Behold the variegated prospect rise!
What gallant harmony! what glad surprise!
The sweet Mygdonian pipe with rural strains
Collects the nymphs and shepherd swains.
Secure in yonder vale their fleecy breed,
And heifers 'midst the neighbouring pastures feed.
Meanwhile, with flowrets deck'd, each blithsome pair
Have bid adieu to pine and care.
See them hand in hand advance
Circling in the smooth pac'd dance;
Now to numbers quaint they stray,
Bounding on the mazy way!
The goldfinch and the linnet nigh
Join the simple minstrelsy:
The simple notes, and merry gambols fire
(Plac'd by the hawthorn-hedge) each ancient fire.