VI.

While thus I did exclaime,

And wildly rage and blame,

Behold the _Sylvan_-Quire

Did all at one conspire,

With shrill and cheerful Throats,

T'assume their chirping Notes;

The Heav'ns refulgent Eye

Dance't in the clear'd-up Skie,

And so triumphant shon,

As seven-days Beams he had on!

The little Loves burn'd with Nobler Fire,

Each chang'd his wanton Bow, and took a Lyre,

Singing chast Aires unto the tuneful strings,

And time'd soft Musick with their downy Wings.

I turn'd the little Nymph to view,

She singing and did smiling shew;

_Eudora_ led a heavenly strain,

Her Angels Voice did eccho it again!

I then decreed no Sacriledge was wrought,

But neerer Heav'n this Piece of Heaven was brought.

She also brighter seem'd, than she had been,

Vertue darts forth a Lightning 'bove the Skin.

_Eudora_ also shew'd as heretofore,

When her soft Graces I did first adore.

I saw, what one did _Nobly Will_,

The other _sweetly did fulfil_;

Their Actions all harmoniously did sute,

And she had only tun'd the Lady like her Lute.

On the Soft and Gentle Motions of Eudora.

Divine _Thalia_ strike th'Harmonious Lute,

But with a Stroke so Gentle as may sute

The silent gliding of the Howers,

Or yet the calmer growth of Flowers;

Th'ascending or the falling Dew,

Which none can see, though all find true.

For thus alone,

Can be shewn,

How downie, how smooth,

_Eudora_ doth Move,

How Silken her Actions appear,

The Aire of her Face,

Of a gentler Grace

Then those that do stroke the Eare.

Her Address so sweet,

So Modestly Meet,

That 'tis not the Lowd though Tuneable String,

Can shewforth so soft, so Noyseless a Thing!

O This to express from thy Hand must fall,

Then Musicks self, something more Musical.

_FINIS._

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