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Song - "Fresh from the dewy hill"
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 wing'd, while o'er the dewy lawn, I meet my maiden risen like the morn: O bless those holy
feet, like angels' feet; O bless those limbs, beaming with heav'nly light.
Like as an angel glitt'ring 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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