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CORYDON
even the rivers you would ; see run dry.”
THYRSIS
“The field is parched, the grass-blades thirst to death
in the faint air; Liber hath grudged the hills
his vine's o'er-shadowing: should my Phyllis come,
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green will be all the grove, and Jupiter
descend in floods of fertilizing rain.”
CORYDON
“The poplar doth Alcides hold most dear,
the vine Iacchus, Phoebus his own bays,
and Venus fair the myrtle: therewithal
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phyllis doth hazels love, and while she loves,
myrtle nor bay the hazel shall out-vie.”
THYRSIS
“Ash in the forest is most beautiful,
pine in the garden, poplar by the stream,
fir on the mountain-height; but if more oft
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thou'ldst come to me, fair Lycidas, to thee
both forest-ash, and garden-pine should bow.”
MELIBOEUS
These I remember, and how Thyrsis strove
for victory in vain. From that time forth
is Corydon still Corydon with us.
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of Damon and Alphesiboeus now,
