The History of Polindor and Flostella With Other Poems. By I. H. [i.e. John Harington] The third Edition, Revised and much Enlarged |
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His Horse was white, by skilfull Nature stain'd
With blushing Spots; so glossie, shone, so cleer,
That skin'd in Sattin all (when stroaked, neer
Like-silken) appear'd; whose moving Nostrills, Eyes
Bred ardent Flames, for shape all Rarities.
Trod th' Ayr so mounting, proud, as if some One
Oth' Suns wing'd Coursers were; dispos'd for none
But th' Star bright milky Road: or (lastly) as knew
His own and Riders matchless Beauty too
(Both so excelling) whom the brave Polind
Best manag'd, Rul'd, as (skilfull) back'd the Wind:
Horse, Man, (indeed) so joyntly motion'd showing,
They prov'd as 'twere one Piece, together growing.
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That skin'd in Sattin all (when stroaked, neer
Like-silken) appear'd; whose moving Nostrills, Eyes
Bred ardent Flames, for shape all Rarities.
Trod th' Ayr so mounting, proud, as if some One
Oth' Suns wing'd Coursers were; dispos'd for none
But th' Star bright milky Road: or (lastly) as knew
His own and Riders matchless Beauty too
(Both so excelling) whom the brave Polind
Best manag'd, Rul'd, as (skilfull) back'd the Wind:
Horse, Man, (indeed) so joyntly motion'd showing,
They prov'd as 'twere one Piece, together growing.
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