 | Argalvs and Parthenia |  |
But all this while, Basilius princely brest,
As it commanded, so outgrieu'd the rest;
His share was treble: hearts of Kings are deepe
And close; what once they entertaine, they keepe
With violence: The violence of his passion
Admits no meane, as yet, no moderation;
But soone as griefe had done her priuate rights
And dues to Honour; Honour (that delights
In publique seruice, and can make the breath
Of sighes and sobs to triumph ouer death).
Call'd in solemnity, with all her traine,
And military pompe, to entertaine
Our welcome Mourners, whose slow paces tread
The paths of death; and, with sad triumph lead
The slumbring body, to that bed of rest,
Where nothing can disquiet, or molest
Her sacred ashes: There, intombed, lay
The valiant Argalus; and there, they say,
Ere since that time, th'Arcadians, once a yeare,
Visit the ruines of their Sepulchre;
And, in memoriall of their faithfull loues,
There, built an Altar; where, two milk white Doues
They yearly offer to the hallowed Fame
Of Argalus, and his Partheniaes name.
As it commanded, so outgrieu'd the rest;
His share was treble: hearts of Kings are deepe
And close; what once they entertaine, they keepe
With violence: The violence of his passion
Admits no meane, as yet, no moderation;
But soone as griefe had done her priuate rights
And dues to Honour; Honour (that delights
In publique seruice, and can make the breath
Of sighes and sobs to triumph ouer death).
Call'd in solemnity, with all her traine,
And military pompe, to entertaine
Our welcome Mourners, whose slow paces tread
The paths of death; and, with sad triumph lead
The slumbring body, to that bed of rest,
Where nothing can disquiet, or molest
Her sacred ashes: There, intombed, lay
The valiant Argalus; and there, they say,
Ere since that time, th'Arcadians, once a yeare,
Visit the ruines of their Sepulchre;
And, in memoriall of their faithfull loues,
There, built an Altar; where, two milk white Doues
They yearly offer to the hallowed Fame
Of Argalus, and his Partheniaes name.
| Argalvs and Parthenia | |