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TRIUMPHS OF ORIANA: MADRIGAL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hard by a crystal fountain
Last Line: Long live fair oriana!'
Subject(s): Fountains


HARD by a crystal fountain
Oriana the bright
Lay down a-sleeping;
The birds they finely chirped,
The winds were stilled,
Sweetly with these accenting
The air was filled,
This is that fair whose head a crown deserveth,
Which heaven for her reserveth,
Leave, shepherds, your lambs keeping
Upon the barren mountain;
And nymphs attend on her, and leave your bowers,
For she the shepherds' life maintains and yours.
Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana:
'Long live fair Oriana!'





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