 | Argalvs and Parthenia |  |
VVhen silence thus had charmed euery eare
VVith wonder, and attention; they might heare
The winged Quristers of night, about
In euery corner sweetly warbling out
Their Philomelian ayres, and wilder note
VVhich nature taught them to diuide, by rote;
So that the Hall did seeme a shady groue,
VVherein by turnes, the ambitious Quier stroue
T'xcell themselues.
VVhile thus their eares were feeding with delight
Vpon these straines; the Goddesse of the night
Enters her Sceane; Her body was confind
VVithin a coale black Mantle thorow linde
VVith sable Furres; Her tresses were, of hiew,
Like Ebonie; on which, a Pearely dewe
Hung, like a spiders Webb; Her face did shrowd
A swarth Complexion, vnderneath a Cloud
Of black curld Cypresse: On her head, she wore
A crowne of burnisht Gold, beshaded o're
VVith Foggs and rory mists; Her hand did beare
A Scepter, and a sable Hemispheare;
She sternely shooke her dewly lockes, and brake
A melancholly smile, and thus bespake,
VVith wonder, and attention; they might heare
The winged Quristers of night, about
In euery corner sweetly warbling out
Their Philomelian ayres, and wilder note
VVhich nature taught them to diuide, by rote;
So that the Hall did seeme a shady groue,
VVherein by turnes, the ambitious Quier stroue
T'xcell themselues.
VVhile thus their eares were feeding with delight
Vpon these straines; the Goddesse of the night
Enters her Sceane; Her body was confind
VVithin a coale black Mantle thorow linde
VVith sable Furres; Her tresses were, of hiew,
Like Ebonie; on which, a Pearely dewe
Hung, like a spiders Webb; Her face did shrowd
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Of black curld Cypresse: On her head, she wore
A crowne of burnisht Gold, beshaded o're
VVith Foggs and rory mists; Her hand did beare
A Scepter, and a sable Hemispheare;
She sternely shooke her dewly lockes, and brake
A melancholly smile, and thus bespake,
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