Fresh from the dewy hill, the merry Year
Smiles on my head, and mounts his flaming car:
Round my young brows the laurel wreathes a shade,
And rising glories beam around my head.
My feet are winged, while o’er the dewy lawn
I meet my maiden risen like the morn.
O bless those holy feet, like angel’s feet;
O bless those limbs, beaming with heavenly light!
Like as an angel glittering in the sky
In times of innocence and holy joy;
The joyful shepherd stops his grateful song
To hear the music of an angel’s tongue.
So, when she speaks, the voice of Heaven I hear;
So, when we walk, nothing impure comes near;
Each field seems Eden, and each calm retreat;
Each village seems the haunt of holy feet.
But that sweet village where my black-eyed maid
Closes her eyes in sleep beneath night’s shade
Whene’er I enter, more than mortal fire
Burns in my soul, and does my song inspire.
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