Damsels.

E'en as a flow'ret born secluded in garden enclosèd,

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Unto the flock unknown and ne'er uptorn by the ploughshare,

Soothed by the zephyrs and strengthened by suns and nourish't by showers

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Loves her many a youth and longs for her many a maiden:

Yet from her lissome stalk when cropt that flower deflowered,

Loves her never a youth nor longs for her ever a maiden:

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