And accordingly the next Poem. C.L. 

 LOVE'S TRIUMPH: 

 AN ELEGIAC BALLAD. 

 [The Expostulation.—Continued.—Fears of Poverty.—Encouragement.—Baldwin's Song.—Deceitfulness of visions indulgence.—Tormenting distressing Passions.—Comforts of a low Fortune.—Poverty in England contrasted with other Countries.—The Question.... The Conclusion.] 

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  Come, let us seek the woodland shade,

    And leave this view of towns and towers:

  Sweeter far the verdant mead,

    And lonely dell's sequester'd bowers.

                    2

  Why does my Love this walk prefer;

    This hill, so near the public way?

  Why is this prospect dear to her?

    Where Villas proud their pomp display?

                    3

  Ah! why does Mary sometimes sigh,

    Surveying this magnific scene;

  The seats of Grandeur tow'ring high,

    With Rivers, Groves, and Lawns between?

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