Fovre bookes of Du Bartas I. The Arke, II. Babylon, III. The Colonnyes, IIII. The Columues or Pyllars: In French and English, for the Instrvction and Pleasvre of Svch as Delight in Both Langvages. By William Lisle ... Together with a large Commentary by S. G. S |
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Then vnder Ptolomey shee t'Egypt turnes againe,
Delighting to reuise her deere Pelusian plaine:
And yet vnconstant went from thence int'Arabie,
From thence int' Italie, from thence int' Almanie.
O right Endymions, on Latmos star-set hill
Who coll, embrace, and kisse your welbelou'd at will,
Dame Cynthia queene of heau'n: about whose bed there stand
A thousand thousand guards, with golden shield in hand:
O goodly-learned soules! ô Atlasses vnfained!
By whom the throne of God is eu'r (as 'twere) sustained!
Without your helps (alas) into the Sea or Hell
Of all forgetfulnesse this skill of heau'n had fell.
Tis you diuide the months and seasons of the yeere
Confused altofore; you quote the Marinere,
By searching all that Fate doth on the skie descriue,
His time to hoise-vp saile, and when and where t'arriue.
You teach the slow-foot oxe and daily-sweating swaine
What time the faithfull earth may best receiue their graine.
Delighting to reuise her deere Pelusian plaine:
And yet vnconstant went from thence int'Arabie,
From thence int' Italie, from thence int' Almanie.
O right Endymions, on Latmos star-set hill
Who coll, embrace, and kisse your welbelou'd at will,
Dame Cynthia queene of heau'n: about whose bed there stand
A thousand thousand guards, with golden shield in hand:
O goodly-learned soules! ô Atlasses vnfained!
By whom the throne of God is eu'r (as 'twere) sustained!
Without your helps (alas) into the Sea or Hell
Of all forgetfulnesse this skill of heau'n had fell.
Tis you diuide the months and seasons of the yeere
Confused altofore; you quote the Marinere,
By searching all that Fate doth on the skie descriue,
His time to hoise-vp saile, and when and where t'arriue.
You teach the slow-foot oxe and daily-sweating swaine
What time the faithfull earth may best receiue their graine.
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