The brood of chaste affection.[38a]

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How sweet, on this autumnal day,

The wild-wood[39] fruits to gather,

And on my True-love's forehead plant

A crest of blooming heather!

And what if I enwreathed my own!

'Twere no offence to reason;

The sober Hills thus deck their brows

To meet the wintry season.