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VGW(PA.737.048
24 Jun-1 Jul 1737:12, 21, 22 (48)
[In a paragraph introducing the poem The Wish, the editor
discusses the proper treatment of this theme. A description
of the poem's author includes this phrase]
"His evening bowl and soothing song shews the open heart"
. . . [2 lines]
THE WISH.
Wou'd heaven propitious with my wish comply,
Thus wou'd I chuse to live, and thus to die;
Freed from dependance, and the toils of trade,
My seat shou'd rise amid the rural shade;
. . . [154 lines]
The soothing song, or musicks charming sound,
With just restraint to please each sense allows,
And only bids us what is pain refuse.
. . . [36 more lines]
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