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First Line: What pleasing phrensy steals away my source?
Last Line: Villete's soft voice and st john's silver lyre.
Subject(s): St. John, Henry (1678-1751); Viscount Bolingbroke


What pleasing Phrensy steals away my Soul?
Thro' thy blest Shades (La Source) I seem to rove
I see thy fountains fall, thy waters roll
And breath the Zephyrs that refresh thy Grove
I hear whatever can delight inspire
Villete's soft Voice and St John's silver Lyre.





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