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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Home goes Forenz with shrewdly puzzl'd brain,
Sadly task'd thoughts, should this Love-fit endure,
By what safe Means both sturdy Work and Cure
T'effect at once, prime Cordiall since fruition:
First ground-work though in this Abstruse condition,
The Ladies conquest seem'd, her Love t'ore-come;
Fair hopes whereof, that choycest Natures Bloom,
Her sweetest Goodness: next, most gallant Shape,
Of young Thersame, Court-garb (whilst seem'd as Rape
To loath that rude-form'd Lords embrace) severe,
Strict, sowrest Aunt: Her friendly'st aspect there
Regard tow'rds him, whose Patient, when arriv'd
There first, became; Sick-grown through un-repriev'd
Dear Mothers loss, weak Father's body, mind:
Though, won her Love, dark cloudy'st Maze behind:
Since guarded so, to th' secret Closset even,
Least (Praying) thence should flutter up to Heaven,
Dandl'd 'twixt some enamour'd Angel's armes;
How to convey her thence, no Magick, charms.
Sadly task'd thoughts, should this Love-fit endure,
By what safe Means both sturdy Work and Cure
T'effect at once, prime Cordiall since fruition:
First ground-work though in this Abstruse condition,
The Ladies conquest seem'd, her Love t'ore-come;
Fair hopes whereof, that choycest Natures Bloom,
Her sweetest Goodness: next, most gallant Shape,
Of young Thersame, Court-garb (whilst seem'd as Rape
To loath that rude-form'd Lords embrace) severe,
Strict, sowrest Aunt: Her friendly'st aspect there
Regard tow'rds him, whose Patient, when arriv'd
There first, became; Sick-grown through un-repriev'd
Dear Mothers loss, weak Father's body, mind:
Though, won her Love, dark cloudy'st Maze behind:
Since guarded so, to th' secret Closset even,
Least (Praying) thence should flutter up to Heaven,
Dandl'd 'twixt some enamour'd Angel's armes;
How to convey her thence, no Magick, charms.
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