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THROUGH FINLAND. 319
“ter! I fhould leave every thing to attend upon my beloved,
<‘ who is the dear object of my fummer-thoughts, and winter-
“¢ cares.”
This verfion in rhyme is neither fo clofe as metaphrafe, nor fo
diftant as paraphrafe.
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« Oh were my love but here with me!
« Cou’d I his well-known perfon {ee !
“¢ How fhou’d I fly to his embrace,
« Tho’ blood of wolves diftain’d his face ;
‘¢ Prefs’d to my heart, his hand wou’d take,
s¢ Tho’ ’twere encircled by a fnake.
If.
*¢ Thofe winds that whifper thro’ the wood,
“ Why is their fpeech not underftood ?
«« They might exchange the lover’s pray’r,
«¢ And figh for figh returning bear.
Ill.
*¢ Tll-cook’d the rector’s meals wou’d be,
“¢ Drefling his daughter wait for me ;
«¢ Whilft kitchen, toilet, I forfake,
* And thought of my love only take ;
*¢ On that alone my care beftow,
«¢ My fummer’s wifh, my winter’s vow.”
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