YOUTHS.

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Hesper, awaiting thee each sentinel holdeth alarum.

Night veils love's false thieves; thieves still when, Hesper, another

Name, but unalter'd still, thou tak'st them surely, returning. (35)

Yet be the maidens pleas'd in woeful fancy to chide thee. 45

Maybe for all they chide, their hearts do inly desire thee.

Hymen O Hymenaeus, O Hymen come Hymenaeus.

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