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PASTORAL SONG (WRITTEN IN JUNE) by ROYALL TYLER

First Line: COME, MARY, COME, THE MORNING DAWNS
Last Line: A VESPER OF THE DEPARTING DAY.

COME, Mary, come, the morning dawns,
Fair streaks of lustre tinge the skies! --
Come, let us rove the up-land lawns,
And watch the early lark arise.

And from the sweetly scented grove
We'll listen to the ring-dove's tale,
And watch the silver clouds above,
As o'er the azure vault they sail.

Our flocks, that on the meadows graze,
Anon they range the verdant hills;
But flee from noon's intenser blaze,
And ramble round the limpid rills.

Come, Mary, come, and bring thy lute,
As evening shows her mantle grey;
And join in concert, with my flute,
A vesper of the departing day.



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