Sonnet
Cool streams in the fresh shady vale, woods girt and decked with lofty pines, where my Hyella was subdued and where I gathered from her the first rose;
May no season of the year be harsh to you, nor your green painted verdure be harmed by cold or heat, but may it ever grow greener and more delicious:
May no beast sully your pure founts, may no sharp steel attack your woods, may no wolf slay your modest lambs;
But let the nymphs here sing and dip their breasts in the stream, and may this faithful wood please the god Pan more than Arcadia ever pleased!
May no season of the year be harsh to you, nor your green painted verdure be harmed by cold or heat, but may it ever grow greener and more delicious:
May no beast sully your pure founts, may no sharp steel attack your woods, may no wolf slay your modest lambs;
But let the nymphs here sing and dip their breasts in the stream, and may this faithful wood please the god Pan more than Arcadia ever pleased!
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