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Beneath a beach, th'abandon'd Virgin laid In grateful solitude enjoys the shade; There with faint voice, she breath'd these moving strains, While sighing zephirs, shar'd her am'rous pains. "Pale settled sorrow hangs upon my brow, Dead are my charms, Alexis breaks his vow. Think, think, dear Shepherd, on the days you knew, When I was happy, when my swain was true; Think how thy looks and tongue, are form'd to move And think yet more - that all my fault was love;. Ah! could you view me in this wretched state You might not [[underline]] love me, but [[/underline]] you could not hate." [[foreign: French]] J'avais l'âme fière, élevée, et sensible; ces caractères là, ne sçavent point combattre l'amour, mais ils resistent à ses faiblesses. -- O toi! qui pretends à la perfection, apprends dabord à être indulgent, et ensuite à cacher [[underline]] que tu as de l'indulgence. [[/underline]] [[/foreign]]
