A
BALLAD
.
BY
THE
SAME
.
YE
shepherds
so
careless
and
gay
,
Who
sport
with
the
nymphs
of
the
plain
,
Take
heed
lest
you
frolic
away
,
The
peace
you
can
never
regain
.
Let
not
Folly
your
bosoms
annoy
;
And
of
Love
,
the
dear
mischief
,
beware
.
You
may
think
'tis
all
sunshine
and
joy
,
—
I
know
'its
o'ershadow'd
with
care
.
Love's
morning
how
blithsome
it
shines
,
With
an
aspect
deceitfully
fair
;
Its
day
oft
in
sorrow
declines
,
And
it
sets
in
the
night
of
despair
.
Hope
paints
the
gay
scene
to
the
sight
,
While
Fancy
her
visions
bestows
,
And
gilds
every
dream
with
delight
,
But
to
wake
us
to
sensible
woes
.
How
hard
is
my
lot
to
complain
Of
a
nymph
whom
I
yet
must
adore
,
Tho'
she
love
not
her
shepherd
again
,
Her
Damon
must
love
her
the
more
.
For
it
was
not
the
pride
of
her
sex
,
That
treated
his
vows
with
disdain
,
For
it
was
not
the
pleasure
to
vex
,
That
made
her
delude
her
fond
swain
.
'Twas
His
,
the
fair
nymph
to
behold
,
He
hop'd
—
and
he
rashly
believ'd
.
'Twas
Hers
to
be
fatally
cold
;
—
He
lov'd
—
and
was
fondly
deceiv'd
.
For
such
is
of
lovers
the
doom
,
While
passions
their
reason
beguile
,
'Tis
warrant
enough
to
presume
,
If
they
catch
but
a
look
or
a
smile
.
Yet
surely
my
Phillis
would
seem
To
prize
me
most
shepherds
above
;
But
that
might
be
only
esteem
,
While
I
foolishly
construed
it
love
.
Yet
others
,
like
Damon
,
believ'd
The
nymph
might
have
favour'd
her
swain
,
And
others
,
like
Him
,
were
deceiv'd
,
Like
Him
,
tho'
they
cannot
complain
.
Of
Phyllis
was
always
my
song
,
For
she
was
my
pride
and
my
care
;
And
the
folks
,
as
we
wander'd
along
,
Would
call
us
the
conjugal
pair
.
They
mark'd
how
I
walk'd
at
her
side
,
How
her
hand
to
my
bosom
I
prest
,
Each
tender
endearment
I
try'd
,
And
I
thought
none
was
ever
so
blest
.
But
now
the
delusion
is
o'er
,
These
day-dreams
of
pleasure
are
fled
,
Now
Her
Damon
is
pleasing
no
more
,
And
the
hopes
of
her
shepherd
are
dead
.
May
he
that
my
fair
shall
obtain
,
May
He
,
as
thy
Damon
,
be
true
;
Or
haply
thou'lt
think
of
that
swain
,
Who
bids
thee
,
dear
maiden
,
adieu
.