Flamma sine Fumo or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns] |
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The Rainbow.
Ingens bibit arcus.
Virg.
Variety of colours may be seen
Within the Rainbow, chiefly red and green.
Green shews the Deluge, which did overflow,
And drown the whole Creation here below:
Red shews the world, (when times age shall expire)
Must be refin'd, if not consum'd by fire.
We see no arrow in this bow, nor string,
It threatens not, but doth glad-tidings bring:
The glorious bow of heaven doth foreshow
Sweet showers of Blessings, not of Judgements now
Grant me thy mercies, Lord, cast not thy dart,
Nor shoot thine arrow at my wounded heart.
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