A long serenity without a cloud,
Sweet as these smiles of th' infant year.
May Halcyons in her bosom build their nest,
30Whatever storms shall discompose my breast.
Phyllis withdrawn.] The first stanza is a good example of the purely haphazard character of typographical peculiarities at the time. There is not a capital in the original, though in that original elsewhere one would find 'Contentments', 'Dream', 'Satisfactions', and 'Hopes', if not others as well.
The Malecontent.
SONG.
Phyllis, O Phyllis! Thou art fondly vain,
My wavering thoughts thus to molest,