The Grecian Story Being an Historical Poem, in Five Books. To which is Annex'd The Grove: Consisting of Divers Shorter Poems upon several Subjects. By J. H. [i.e. John Harington] |
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 | The Grecian Story |  |
Wise Vandimont approv'd her Female-Brain,
Tho that scarce close enough to entertain
For longer Dalliance thought; the King beside
Lov'd naked Bed, his House to th' wish comply'd
If her could draw through selfsame Fields below
By's Garden-wall (since pleas'd with walking so)
He had prime Plot to fetch her in, that She
Should not Gain-say: Nurse Guiltless thought and Free.
Which told her strait; in view the Place beheld
Nay then 'twas Right (she said) bad fears dispell'd.
Dorasta once each Week with her alone,
Walk'd by that Door to th' Bathing Place unknown,
For Women us'd; the time two days from thence;
Past one half-hour: bred last more confidence;
Her Husband gone this Morn, weeks stay design'd:
Thus, both withdrew, for next exploit combin'd.
Tho that scarce close enough to entertain
For longer Dalliance thought; the King beside
Lov'd naked Bed, his House to th' wish comply'd
If her could draw through selfsame Fields below
By's Garden-wall (since pleas'd with walking so)
He had prime Plot to fetch her in, that She
Should not Gain-say: Nurse Guiltless thought and Free.
Which told her strait; in view the Place beheld
Nay then 'twas Right (she said) bad fears dispell'd.
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Walk'd by that Door to th' Bathing Place unknown,
For Women us'd; the time two days from thence;
Past one half-hour: bred last more confidence;
Her Husband gone this Morn, weeks stay design'd:
Thus, both withdrew, for next exploit combin'd.
| The Grecian Story | |