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Phyllis withdrawn.]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,