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A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: All hail! Once pleasing, once inspiring shade
Last Line: And love the brightest eyes, but love in vain!
Variant Title(s): Lines Written In Windsor Forest
Subject(s): Windsor Forest, England


All hail! once pleasing, once inspiring Shade,
Scene of my youthful Loves, and happier hours!
Where the kind Muses met me as I stray'd,
And gently pressd my hand, and said, Be Ours! --
Take all thou e're shalt have, a constant Muse:
At Court thou may'st be lik'd, but nothing gain;
Stocks thou may'st buy and sell, but always lose;
And love the brightest eyes, but love in vain!





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