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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MASQUE.
Large Curtain drawn, these Sceans their art did boast:
First, Wilderness, which shaken seem'd and tost
Through stormy Hail; Banks, Rocks were hoary'd o're
(Tru'st Clime of horrour found) Hobgoblings store
Whence boystrous Antique danc'd; thereby exprest
Wild Furies, troublers of the World: nor ceast,
Till enter'd those, Winds, flashy Lightning, Thunder.
First, Wilderness, which shaken seem'd and tost
Through stormy Hail; Banks, Rocks were hoary'd o're
(Tru'st Clime of horrour found) Hobgoblings store
Whence boystrous Antique danc'd; thereby exprest
Wild Furies, troublers of the World: nor ceast,
Till enter'd those, Winds, flashy Lightning, Thunder.
That next did Calmest Prospect prove (to wonder)
Two lovely'st Mounts, where verdant Laurels grew,
Bays, proud victorious Palms; most beauteous View
Of Honours Temple garnishing to th' One,
Whilst on that other Virtues sweetly shone;
Part-shaded both: betwixt those Mounts discry'd
Smooth, slumbring Sea, Two Ships at anchor ride:
'Bout whom, th' whole Watry Surface glister seeming
(With Rocks) through Titan's Golden Blaze, rich beaming
Priest (lastly) from those Temples came, which bare
This short Embassage to our Bridall Payr.
Two lovely'st Mounts, where verdant Laurels grew,
Bays, proud victorious Palms; most beauteous View
Of Honours Temple garnishing to th' One,
Whilst on that other Virtues sweetly shone;
Part-shaded both: betwixt those Mounts discry'd
Smooth, slumbring Sea, Two Ships at anchor ride:
'Bout whom, th' whole Watry Surface glister seeming
(With Rocks) through Titan's Golden Blaze, rich beaming
Priest (lastly) from those Temples came, which bare
This short Embassage to our Bridall Payr.
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