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Windsor Forest.

WINDSOR-FOREST.

To the Right Honourable

GEORGE Lord LANSDOWN,

Non injuffa cano : Te noftræ, Vare, myricæ,
Te Nemus omne canet; nec Phobo gratior ulla eft,
Quam sibi quæ Vari præfcripfit pagina nomen.

VIRG,

WINDSOR-FOREST.

To the Right Honourable

GEORGE Lord LANSDOWN.

THY forests, Windsor! and thy green retreats,

1 Atonce the Monarch's and the Muse's seats, Invite my lays. Be present, fylvan maids ! Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Granville commands ; your aid, O Muses bring! What Muse for GRANVILLE can refuse to fing?

VARIATIONS.
VER. 3. etc. originally thus,

Chaste goddess of the woods,
Nymphs of the vales, and Naids of the floods,
Lead me throʻ arching bowrs, and glimm'ring glades.
Unlock your springs ---

REMARKS. This Poem was written at two different times: the first part of it, which relates to the country, in the year 1704, at the same time with the Pastorals : the latter part was not added till the year 1713, in which it was published. P.

Thishich relates to the the latter part p.