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Diuine Electra (of the Sisters seuen
That beautifie the glorious Orbe of heauen)
When Iliums stately towres, serv'd as one light
To guide the Rauisher in vgly night
Vnto her virgin beds, with-drew her face,
And neuer would looke downe on humane race
Til this Maids birth; since whē some power hath won her
By often fits to shine, as gazing on her.
Grim Saturnes son, the dread Olimpicke Ioue
That dark't three dayes to frolicke with his Loue,
Had he in Alcmen's stead clipt this faire wight,
The world had slept in euerlasting night.
For whose sake onely (had she liued then)
Deucalions flood had neuer rag'd on men:
Nor Phaëton perform'd his fathers duty,
For feare to rob the world of such a beauty:
In whose due praise, a learned quill might spend
Houres, daies, months, yeeres, and neuer make an end.
That beautifie the glorious Orbe of heauen)
When Iliums stately towres, serv'd as one light
To guide the Rauisher in vgly night
Vnto her virgin beds, with-drew her face,
And neuer would looke downe on humane race
Til this Maids birth; since whē some power hath won her
By often fits to shine, as gazing on her.
Grim Saturnes son, the dread Olimpicke Ioue
That dark't three dayes to frolicke with his Loue,
Had he in Alcmen's stead clipt this faire wight,
The world had slept in euerlasting night.
For whose sake onely (had she liued then)
Deucalions flood had neuer rag'd on men:
Nor Phaëton perform'd his fathers duty,
For feare to rob the world of such a beauty:
In whose due praise, a learned quill might spend
Houres, daies, months, yeeres, and neuer make an end.
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