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Sonnet XIII.
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Sonnet XIII.
[With greeuous thoughts & vveighty cares opprest]
With greeuous thoughts & vveighty cares opprest,One day I vvent to Venus Fanacle,
Of Cyprian dreames vvhich did me sore molest,
To be resolv'd by certaine oracle.
No sooner vvas I past the temples gate,
But from the shrine vvhere Venus vvont to stand,
I savv a Ladie faire and delicate,
Did beckon to me vvith her yu'rie hand.
VVeening she vvas the goddesse of the Fane,
VVith cheerefull lookes I tovvards bent my pace,
Soone vvhen I came, I found vnto my bane,
A Gorgon shadovv'd vnder Uenus face,
Whereat afright, vvhen backe I vvould be gone,
I stood transformed to a speechlesse stone.
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