Of her enraged ftepdame Guendolen 830 Commended her fair innocence to the flood, Who, piteous of her woes, rear'd her lank head, And through the porch and inlet of each fenfe 835 840 845 That the fhrewd medling elfe delights to make, Which the with precious vial'd liquors heals. And throw fweet garland wreaths into her ftream 850 And, as the old fwain faid, fhe can unlock The clafping charm, and thaw the numming fpell, If the be right invok'd in warbled fong, For maidenhood fhe loves, and will be swift To aid a virgin, fuch as was herself, 855 SONG. Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art fitting 860 Under Under the glaffy, cool, tranflucent wave, The loofe train of thy amber- dropping hair; Liften for dear honor's fake, Goddefs of the filver lake. Liften and fave. Liften and appear to us 865 In name of great Oceanus, By th' earth-fhaking Neptune's mace," And Tethys' grave majestic pace 879 By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look, And her fon that rules the ftrands, 875 880 By all the nymphs that rightly dance Rife, rife, and heave thy rofy head 885 From thy coral - paven bed, And bridle in thy headlong wave, Till thou our fummons anfwer'd have. Sabrina rifes, attended by water - nymphs, and By the rufhy-fringed bank, Liiten and fave. fings .890 My fliding chariot stays, Thick fet with agat, and the azurn fheen That in the channel ftrays; 895 And I must hafte ere morning hour To wait in Amphitrite's bower. 920 Sabrina Sabrina defcends, and the Lady rifes out of her feat. SPI. Virgin daughter of Locrine, Come, Lady, while Heav'n lends us grace, Let us fly this curfed place, And our fudden coming there Will double all their mirth and chear; But night fits monarch yet in the mid fky. 955 The Scene changes, prefenting Ludlow town and the Prefident's caftle; then come in country dancers, after them the attendent Spirit, with the two Bro thers and the Lady. S 0 NG. SPI. Back, Shepherds, back, enough your play, Till next fun-fhine holiday; 1 Here be without duck or nod Other trippings to be trod Of lighter toes, and fuch court guife 960 Their faith, their patience, and their truth, And fent them here through hard afsays With a crown of deathlefs praise, 975 The |