ivine property of her first being.
Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp 470
Oft seen in charnel-vaults and sepulchres,
Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave,
As loth to leave the body that it loved,
And linked itself by carnal sensualty
To a degenerate and degraded state.

_Second Brother._ How charming is divine Philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets,
Where no crude surfeit reigns.

_Elder Brother._ List! list! I hear 480
Some far-off hallo break the silent air.

_Second Brother._ Methought so too; what should it be?

_Elder Brother._ For certain,
Either some one, like us, night-foundered here,
Or else some neighbour woodman, or, at worst,
Some roving robber calling to his fellows.

_Second Brother._ Heaven keep my sister! Again, again, and near!
Best draw, and stand upon our guard.

_Elder Brother._ I'll hallo.
If he be friendly, he comes well: if not,
Defence is a good cause, and Heaven be for us!

_Enter the ATTENDANT SPIRIT, habited like a shepherd._

That hallo I should know. What are you? speak. 490
Come not too near; you fall on iron stakes else.

_Spirit._ What voice is that? my young Lord? speak again.

_Second Brother._ O brother, 'tis my father's shepherd, sure.

_Elder Brother._ Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal,
And sweetened every musk-rose of the dale.
How camest thou here, good swain? Hath any ram
Slipped from the fold, or young kid lost his dam,
Or straggling wether the pent flock forsook?
How couldst thou find this dark sequestered nook? 500

_Spirit._ O my loved master's heir, and his next joy,
I came not here on such a trivial toy
As a strayed ewe, or to pursue the stealth
Of pilfering wolf; not all the fleecy wealth
That doth enrich these downs is worth a thought
To this my errand, and the care it brought,
But, oh! my virgin Lady, where is she?
How chance she is not in your company?

_Elder Brother._ To tell thee sadly, Shepherd, without blame
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. 510