76. THE OLIVE BRANCH

Sadly I walk'd within the field,

To see what comfort it would yield;

And as I went my private way,

An olive-branch before me lay;

And seeing it, I made a stay,

And took it up, and view'd it; then

Kissing the omen, said Amen;

Be, be it so, and let this be

A divination unto me;

That in short time my woes shall cease,

And love shall crown my end with peace.

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