Gentleman's Magazine on Spring Gardens (1732) [ Places ]
… , tread the beck'ning way. 'Hail pleasing shades! O hail thou secret grove! The blest retreat of Liberty and Love . All hail, ye bow'rs! ye beaut'ous Silvan Scenes , Ye grotts, and mazes of fresh blooming greens; Here dwells no … at will, and as we please enjoy. See how the birds by nature taught do rove, How sweet they sing, and how like us they love. With careless ease they hop from tree to tree, And are as merry, and as blest as we. Thrice happy state! each … , who for long had been Some kind good-natur'd Dame in Drury-lane , Was now addrest, by two young handsome cits, Who love new fashions, and who hate the wit, To her they bow'd, then with a desp'rate sigh Says one, Your charming love, or …
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