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WHEN BUSY FAME O'ER ALL THE PLAIN by ANONYMOUS

Last Line: HIS CURIOSITY
Subject(s): LOVE;
WHEN busy fame o'er all the plain,
Velinda's praises rung;
And on their oaten pipes each swain
Her matchless beauty sung:
The envious nymphs were forc'd to yield
She had the sweetest face;
No emulous disputes were held,
But for the second place.

Young Coridon, whose stubborn heart
No beauty e'er could move;
But smil'd at Cupid's bow and dart,
And brav'd the God of Love:
Would view this nymph, and pleas'd at first
Such silent charms to see;
With wonder gaz'd, then sigh'd, and curs'd
His curiosity.



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