 | Argalvs and Parthenia |  |
To whom the broken hearted Argalus,
VVearied, but not o'recome, made answer thus;
My deare Parthenia; Thy desires neuer
Gainesaid my will, till now: Doe not perseuer
To craue that boone, I cannot grant: forbeare
To vrge me: Resolution hath no eare:
VVeepe not (my Ioy:) Let not those drops of thine,
That trickle from so faire an eye, diuine
A soule successe; Cheare vp; A smile, or two
Would make me halfe a Conqueror, ere I goe:
Shineforth; and let no enuious cloud benight
The glorious luster of so faire a light;
Doubt not my life: The iustnesse of my cause,
That brings me on, will quite me with applause;
Feare not, that such a blessing, such a wife
Was e're intended for so short a life.
Expect my safe returne; as quicke, as glorious;
My Genius tells me, I shall liue, victorious.
VVearied, but not o'recome, made answer thus;
My deare Parthenia; Thy desires neuer
Gainesaid my will, till now: Doe not perseuer
To craue that boone, I cannot grant: forbeare
To vrge me: Resolution hath no eare:
VVeepe not (my Ioy:) Let not those drops of thine,
That trickle from so faire an eye, diuine
A soule successe; Cheare vp; A smile, or two
Would make me halfe a Conqueror, ere I goe:
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The glorious luster of so faire a light;
Doubt not my life: The iustnesse of my cause,
That brings me on, will quite me with applause;
Feare not, that such a blessing, such a wife
Was e're intended for so short a life.
Expect my safe returne; as quicke, as glorious;
My Genius tells me, I shall liue, victorious.
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