despourrins.
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"Y Ataü quoan la rose ey naberè."
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"When first the rose her perfume threw,
And spread her blossoms to the day,
I saw thee, Phillis, blooming too,
With all the charms that round her play.
"Pure as the sun, thy glace of power,
Thy voice has music's softest swell,—
I saw thee in an evil hour,
Or never should have loved so well!
"Though from thy presence I remove,
While I lament I still adore,—
Oh! what can absence do to love,
But to increase the feeling more!
"Ye simple swains, who know not yet
What pleasure and what pain may be,
Guard well your hearts from Love's regret,
If you would live from danger free."
despourrins.
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"Aü mounde nou-y-a nad Pastou,
T'à malhurous coum you!"
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"No shepherd in this world can be
The child of wretchedness like me:
One would not think it, but I know
No feeling but continued woe;
For Sorrow came into my fold,
And there her dwelling loves to hold.
"It seem'd the joy of Fate,
New pleasures to provide,
And, 'midst my happy state,
A lamb was all my pride.
The sun conceal'd his light,
Whene'er she came in sight.