song—phillis the fair(2 / 2)

sweet to the op'ning day,

rosebuds bent the dewy spray;

such thy bloom! did i say,

phillis the fair.

down in a shady walk,

doves cooing were;

i mark'd the cruel hawk

caught in a snare:

so kind may fortune be,

such make his destiny,

he who would injure thee,

phillis the fair.