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The poems of William Habington

Edited with introduction and commentary by Kenneth Allott

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To his noble Friend, th' Author on his Tragedy of Albouine.
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From THE TRAGEDY OF ALBOVINE, KING OF THE LOMBARDS by WILLIAM DAVENANT 1629

The gelid North growes warme, and by thy fire
Cold ignorance exil'd. The Virgin Quire
O' th' soft-hayr'd Muses leaue the Thespian Spring,
To tread a fun'rall Measure, whilst you sing
This Tragick Storie. With sad plaints of loue
Fam'd Orpheus charm'd rude heapes, did Cedars mooue,
Forc'd Mountaines from their station: but thy Pen
Hath now amaz'd the firie soules of men.
Will: Habington.