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The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden

With "A Cypresse Grove": Edited by L. E. Kastner
Drummond, William (1585-1649)

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Volume the First
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Poems in Commendation of the Author.
 i. 
i. Clorus.
 ii. 
ii. To the Author.
  
To the Author.
  
To the Author.
 iii. 
iii. Vpon the incomparable Poems of Mr. William Drummond.
  
To W. D.
  
To William Drummond of Hawthornden.
  
Sir George Mackenzie, His Majesty's Advocate, being in Hawthornden's Closet, wrote down this Elogy of him.
  
To the Memory of William Drummond of Hawthornden.
  
By the same Hand.
  
Upon Hawthornden's Muse.
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POEMS: By W. D.
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THE FIRST PART.
  
Sonnet. [i]
  
Son. [ii]
  
Son. [iii]
  
Son. [iv]
  
Son. [v]
  
Son. [vi]
  
Son. [vii]
  
Son. [viii]
  
Son. [ix]
  
Son. [x]
  
Son. [xi]
  
Song. [i]
  
Son. [xii]
  
Madrigall. [i]
  
Sextain. [i]
  
Son. [xiii]
  
Son. [xiv]
  
Son. [xv]
  
Son. [xvi]
  
Son. [xvii]
  
Son. [xviii]
  
Mad. [ii]
  
Son. [xix]
  
Son. [xx]
  
Son. [xxi]
  
Son. [xxii]
  
Mad. [iii]
  
Son. [xxiii]
  
Son. [xxiv]
  
Son. [xxv]
  
Son. [xxvi]
  
Son. [xxvii]
  
Son. [xxviii]
  
Son. [xxix]
  
Son. [xxx]
  
Son. [xxxi]
  
Son. [xxxii]
  
Son. [xxxiii]
  
Son. [xxxiv]
  
Son. [xxxv]
  
Song. [ii]
  
Son. [xxxvi]
  
Son. [xxxvii]
  
Son. [xxxviii]
  
Mad. [iv]
  
Son. [xxxix]
  
Son. [xl]
  
Son. [xli]
  
Mad. [v]
  
Son. [xlii]
  
Mad. [vi]
  
Son. [xliii]
  
Sextain. [ii]
  
Son. [xliv]
  
Son. [xlv]
  
Son. [xlvi]
  
Son. [xlvii]
  
Son. [xlviii]
  
Mad. [vii]
  
Son. [xlix]
  
Mad. [viii]
  
Son. [l]
  
Son. [li]
  
Son. [lii]
  
Mad. [ix]
  
Son. [liii]
  
Son. [liv]
  
Mad. [x]
  
Son. [lv]
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THE SECOND PART.
  
Sonnet. [i]
  
Son. [ii]
  
Son. [iii]
  
Son. [iv]
  
Son. [v]
  
Son. [vi]
  
Madrigall. [i]
  
Son. [vii]
  
Song. [i]
  
Mad. [ii]
  
Son. [viii]
  
Son. [ix]
  
Son. [x]
  
Mad. [iii]
  
Son. [xi]
  
Mad. [iv]
  
Son. [xii]
  
Son. [xiii]
  
Mad. [v]
  
Song. [ii]
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TEARES, ON THE DEATH of Mœliades.
  
TEARES, ON THE DEATH of Mœliades.
  
Sonnet.
  
EPITAPH
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VRANIA,
  
[i]
  
[ii]
  
[iii]
  
[iv]
  
[i]
  
[v]
  
[ii]
  
[vi]
  
[vii]
  
[viii]
  
[iii]
  
[ix]
  
[i]
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MADRIGALLS, AND Epigrammes.
 i. 
[i] The Statue of Medvsa.
 ii. 
[ii] The Trojane Horse.
 iii. 
[iii] A Louers Heauen.
 iv. 
[iv] Deepe Impression of Loue.
 v. 
[v] The Pourtrait of Mars and Venvs.
 vi. 
[vi] Iölas Epitaph.
 vii. 
[vii] Vpon the Death of a Linnet.
 viii. 
[viii] Alcons Kisse.
 ix. 
[ix] Icarvs.
 x. 
[x] Cherries.
 xi. 
[xi] Of Thavmantia, beholding her selfe in a Marble.
 xii. 
[xii] Loue suffereth no Parasol.
 xiii. 
[xiii] Sleeping Beautie.
 xiv. 
[xiv] The qualitie of a Kisse.
 xv. 
[xv] Of Phillis.
 xvi. 
[xvi] Kisses desired.
 xvii. 
[xvii] Of Dametas.
 xviii. 
[xviii] The Canon.
 xix. 
[xix] Apelles enamour'd of Campaspe, Alexanders Mistresse.
 xx. 
[xx] Campaspe.
 xxi. 
[xxi] Vnpleasant Musicke.
 xxii. 
[xxii] A Iest.
 xxiii. 
[xxiii] Narcissvs.
 xxiv. 
[xxiv] To Thavmantia singing.
 xxv. 
[xxv] Of her Dog.
 xxvi. 
[xxvi] A Kisse.
 xxvii. 
[xxvii] Cornucopia.
 xxviii. 
[xxviii] Of Amintas.
 xxix. 
[xxix] Pamphilvs.
 xxx. 
[xxx] Vpon a Glasse.
 xxxi. 
[xxxi] Of a Bee.
 xxxii. 
[xxxii] Of that same [A Bee].
 xxxiii. 
[xxxiii] Of a Kisse.
 xxxiv. 
[xxxiv] Idmon to Venvs.
 xxxv. 
[xxxv] A Louers Plaint.
 xxxvi. 
[xxxvi] His Firebrand.
 xxxvii. 
[xxxvii] Daphnis Vow.
 xxxviii. 
[xxxviii] Of Nisa.
 xxxix. 
[xxxix] Beauties Idea.
 xl. 
[xl] Cratons Death.
 xli. 
[xli] Armelins Epitaph.
 xlii. 
[xlii] The Statue of Venvs sleeping.
 xliii. 
[xliii] Lillas Prayer.
 xliv. 
[xliv] The vnkindnesse of Rora.
 xlv. 
[xlv] Antheas Gift.
 xlvi. 
[xlvi] To Thavmantia.
 xlvii. 
[xlvii] Epitaph.
 xlviii. 
[xlviii] Of Lida.
 xlix. 
[xlix] A Wish.
 l. 
[l] A Louers Day and Night.
 li. 
[li] The Statue of Adonis.
 lii. 
[lii] Clorvs to a Groue.
 liii. 
[liii] A Couplet encomiasticke.
 liv. 
[liv] An other [Couplet encomiasticke].
 lv. 
[lv] The Rose.
 lvi. 
[lvi] To a Riuer.
 lvii. 
[lvii] Thaïs Metamorphose.
 lviii. 
[lviii] Vpon a Baye Tree, not long since growing in the Ruines of Virgils Tombe.
 lix. 
[lix] Epitaph.
 lx. 
[lx] Floras Flowre.
 lxi. 
[lxi] Melampvs Epitaph.
 lxii. 
[lxii] Kalas Complaint.
 lxiii. 
[lxiii] The Happinesse of a Flea.
 lxiv. 
[lxiv] Of that same [Flea].
 lxv. 
[lxv] Linas Virginitie.
 lxvi. 
[lxvi] Love naked.
 lxvii. 
[lxvii] Niobe.
 lxviii. 
[lxviii] Change of Loue.
 lxix. 
[lxix] Wilde Beautie.
 lxx. 
[lxx] Constant Loue.
 lxxi. 
[lxxi] To Chloris.
 lxxii. 
[lxxii] VPON A POVRTRAIT.
 lxxiii. 
[lxxiii] Vpon that same [Portrait].
 lxxiv. 
[lxxiv] Vpon that same [Portrait], drawne with a Pansie.
 lxxv. 
[lxxv] Vpon that same [Portrait].
 lxxvi. 
[lxxvi] Thirsis in Dispraise of Beautie.
 lxxvii. 
[lxxvii] Evrymedons Praise of Mira.
 lxxviii. 
[lxxviii] Thavmantia at the departure of Idmon.
 lxxix. 
[lxxix] Erycine at the departure of Alexis.
 lxxx. 
[lxxx] Alexis to Damon.
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Forth Feasting
  
To his sacred Majestie.
  
FORTH FEASTING.
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Volume the Second
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FLOWRES OF SION:
  
[i] [The Instabilitie of Mortall Glorie.]
  
[ii] [Humane Frailtie.]
  
[i] [The Permanencie of Life.]
  
[iii] [No Trust in Tyme.]
  
[iv] [Worldes Ioyes are Toyes.]
  
[v] [Nature must yeelde to Grace.]
  
[vi] [The Booke of the World.]
  
[vii] [The Miserable Estate of the World before the Incarnation of God.]
  
[viii] [The Angels for the Natiuitie of our Lord.]
  
[ix] [For the Natiuitie of our Lord.]
  
[x] [Amazement at the Incarnation of God.]
  
[xi] [For the Baptiste.]
  
[xii] [For the Magdalene.]
  
[xiii] [For the Prodigall.]
  
[xiv] [For the Passion.]
  
[i] [An Hymne of the Passion.]
  
[xv] [To the Angels for the Passion.]
  
[ii] [Faith aboue Reason.]
  
[xvi] [Vpon the Sepulcher of our Lord.]
  
[ii] [An Hymne of the Resurrection.]
  
[iii] [An Hymne of the Ascension.]
  
[xvii] [Mans Knowledge, Ignorance in the Misteries of God.]
  
[xviii] [Contemplation of Inuisible Excellencies aboue, by the Visible below.]
  
[iii] [The Difference betweene Earthlie and Heauenlie Loue.]
  
[xix] [Earth and all on it Changeable.]
  
[iv] [The World a Game.]
  
[xx] [The Court of True Honour.]
  
[xxi] [Against Hypocrisie.]
  
[v] [Change should breede Change.]
  
[xxii] [The Praise of a Solitarie Life.]
  
[xxiii] [To a Nightingale.]
  
[xxiv] [Content and Resolute.]
  
[xxv] [Deathes Last-Will.]
  
[xxvi] [The Blessednesse of Faithfull Soules by Death.]
  
[iv] [An Hymne of True Happinesse.]
 v. 
[v] AN HYMNE OF THE FAIREST FAIRE.
 vi. 
[vi] [A Prayer for Mankinde.]
 vii. 
[vii] THE SHADOW OF THE IVDGEMENT
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A CYPRESSE GROVE:
  
On the Report of the Death of the Author.
  
To S. W. A.
  
To the Memorie of the most excellent Ladie, Iane Countesse of Perth.
  
To the obsequies of the blessed Prince, Iames, King of great Britaine.
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The Entertainment of King Charles.
 i. 
[i]
 ii. 
[ii] Endymion.
 iii. 
[iii] Saturne.
 iv. 
[iv] Iove.
 v. 
[v] Mars.
 vi. 
[vi] Sunne.
 vii. 
[vii] Venus.
 viii. 
[viii] Mercury.
 ix. 
[ix] The Moone.
 x. 
[x] Endymion.
 xi. 
[xi]
 xii. 
[xii] EPIGRAMME.
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TO THE EXEQUIES OF THE HONOVRABLE, Sr. Antonye Alexander, KNIGHT, &c.
  
A Pastorall Elegie on the Death of S. A[ntonye] A[lexander.]
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Madrigals, etc.
 ii. 
[ii] Son.
 iii. 
[iii] MAD.
 iv. 
[iv] To Sleepe.
 v. 
[v] An Almanacke.
 vi. 
[vi] A Chaine of Gold.
 vii. 
[vii] EPITAPH.
 viii. 
[viii] A TRANSLATION.
 ix. 
[ix]
 x. 
[x] Proteus of Marble.
 xi. 
[xi] The Statue of VENVS sleeping.
 xii. 
[xii] LAVRA to PETRARCH.
 xiii. 
[xiii] A Louers Prayer.
 xiv. 
[xiv] For Dorvs.
 xv. 
[xv] Loue vagabonding.
 xvi. 
[xvi] Phræne.
 xvii. 
[xvii] Desired Death.
 xviii. 
[xviii] Phœbe.
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Commendatory Verses.
 i. 
i. To Sr W. A.
 ii. 
ii. To the Author.
 iii. 
iii. ON THE DEATH OF GODEFRID VANDER HAGEN.
 iv. 
iv. Of my Lord of Galloway his learned Commentary on the Reuelation.
 v. 
v. ON THE BOOKE.
 vi. 
vi. On These Lockes.
 vii. 
vii. Paraineticon.
 viii. 
viii. OF THE BOOKE.
 ix. 
ix. [Subjoined to “A FVNERALL SERMON, Preached at the buriall of Lady Iane Maitlane, daughter to the Right Noble Earle, Iohn Earle of Lauderdail.” Edinburgh, 1633, 4to.]
 x. 
x. Of Persons Varieties.
 xi. 
xi. Distich, of the same.
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Posthumous Poems. I.
 i. 
i.
 ii. 
ii.
 iii. 
iii.
 iv. 
iv. A Replye.
 v. 
v. Beauties Frailtye.
 vi. 
vi. To a swallow, building neare the statue of Medea.
 vii. 
vii. Venus armed.
 viii. 
viii. The Boares head.
 ix. 
ix. To an Owle.
 x. 
x. Daphnè.
 xi. 
xi. The Beare of loue.
 xii. 
xii. Galateas Sonnets.
 xiii. 
xiii. On the Death of a Margarite.
 xiv. 
xiv.
 xv. 
xv. Epitaph.
 xvi. 
xvi. The oister.
 xvii. 
xvii. All Changeth.
 xviii. 
xviii. Silenus to King Midas.
 xix. 
xix. To his amorous Thoughts.
 xx. 
xx. Verses of the late Earl of Pembroke
 xxi. 
xxi. A Replye.
 xxii. 
xxii. A Translation.
 xxiii. 
xxiii. To the Memory of [John, Earl of Lauderdale.]
 xxiv. 
xxiv. To the Memorie of the excellent ladye Isabell, Countesse of Lawderdale.
 xxv. 
xxv.
 xxvi. 
xxvi.
 xxvii. 
xxvii. Madrigal.
 xxviii. 
xxviii. On the death of a nobleman in Scotland, buried at Aithen.
 xxix. 
xxix. Epitaph.
 xxx. 
xxx.
 xxxi. 
xxxi.
 xxxii. 
xxxii.
 xxxiii. 
xxxiii.
 xxxiv. 
xxxiv.
 xxxv. 
xxxv. Rose.
 xxxvi. 
xxxvi.
 xxxvii. 
xxxvii.
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Posthumous Poems. II.
 i. 
i.
 ii. 
ii.
 iii. 
iii.
 iv. 
iv.
 v. 
v.
 vi. 
vi. A Replye.
 vii. 
vii.
 viii. 
viii. On Pime.
 ix. 
ix. The Statue of Alcides.
 x. 
x.
 xi. 
xi.
 xii. 
xii. The country Maid.
 xiii. 
xiii.
 xiv. 
xiv.
 xv. 
xv. Epitaph.
 xvi. 
xvi. Translation of the death of a sparrow, out of Passerat.
 xvii. 
xvii. Saint Peter, after the denying his master.
 xviii. 
xviii.
 xix. 
xix. A Character of the Anti-Couenanter, or Malignant.
 xx. 
xx. Song of Passerat.
 xxi. 
xxi.
 xxii. 
xxii.
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Posthumous Poems. III.
 i. 
i. D. A. Johnstones Eden-Bourgh.
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SONNETS.
 ii. 
ii. To the honorable Author, S[ir] J[ohn] Sk[ene].
 iii. 
iii.
 iv. 
iv.
 v. 
v.
 vi. 
vi. Sonnet before a poëme of Irene.
 vii. 
vii.
 viii, ix. 
viii, ix Sonnet qu'un poet[e] Italien fit pour vn bracelet de cheveux qui lui auoit estè donnè par sa maistresse.
 x. 
x. Sonnet qu'un poet[e] Italien fit pour vn bracelet de cheveux qui lui auoit estè donnè par sa maistresse.
 xi. 
xi. Sonnet qu'un poet[e] Italien fit pour vn bracelet de cheveux qui lui auoit estè donnè par sa maistresse.
 xii, xiii. 
xii, xiii. Bembo in his Rime. 2 Son.
 xiv. 
xiv. Bembo in his Rime. 2 Son.
 xv. 
xv. Bembo in his Rime. 2 Son.
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MADRIGALS.
 xvi. 
xvi. On the image of Lucrece.
 xvii. 
xvii. Neroes image.
 xviii. 
xviii. Amphion of marble.
 xix. 
xix. Of a Be.
 xx. 
xx. Of Chloris.
 xxi. 
xxi. Chloris enamoured.
 xxii. 
xxii. Regrat.
 xxiii. 
xxiii. A sigh.
 xxiv. 
xxiv. Stollen pleasure.
 xxv. 
xxv. Of a Kisse.
 xxvi. 
xxvi. A Locke desired.
 xxvii. 
xxvii. Persuasive dissuading.
 xxviii. 
xxviii.
 xxix. 
xxix. Non vltra.
 xxx. 
xxx. Fragment.
 xxxi. 
xxxi. Fragment.
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EPIGRAMS, &c.
 xxxii. 
xxxii.
 xxxiii. 
xxxiii.
 xxxiv. 
xxxiv.
 xxxv. 
xxxv.
 xxxvi. 
xxxvi.
 xxxvii. 
xxxvii.
 xxxviii. 
xxxviii.
 xxxix. 
xxxix.
 xl. 
xl. Epitaph of a Judge.
 xli. 
xli.
 xlii. 
xlii.
 xliii. 
xliii. A prouerbe.
 xliv. 
xliv. The creed.
 xlv. 
xlv. On Marye Kings pest.
 xlvi. 
xlvi.
 xlvii. 
xlvii. A prouerbe.
 xlviii. 
xlviii.
 xlix. 
xlix. On Pomponatius.
 l. 
l. On the isle of Rhe.
 li. 
li. Epitaph.
 lii. 
lii. An image to the pilgrime.
 liii. 
liii.
 liv. 
liv.
 lv. 
lv. On a glasse sent to his best beloued.
 lvi. 
lvi. Sextain.
 lvii. 
lvii. Encomiastike verses before a book entitled Follies.
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EPITAPHS.
 lviii. 
lviii. To the Memorie of his much louing and beloued Master, M. F. R.
 lix. 
lix. D. O. M. S.
 lx. 
lx. Epitaph.
 lxi. 
lxi. To the Memorie of the vertuous Gentlewoman Rachell Lindsay,
 lxii. 
lxii. To the Memorie of ---
 lxiii. 
lxiii. To the Memorie of the worthye ladye, the ladye Craigmillare.
 lxiv. 
lxiv. D. O. M. S.
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Posthumous Poems. IV.
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ECLOGUES.
 i. 
i. Eclogue.
 ii. 
ii. Eclogue.
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SONNETS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
 iii. 
iii. In Sr. P. d. R.
 iv. 
iv.
 v. 
v.
 vi. 
vi. De Porcheres, on the eies of Madame la Marquise de Monceaux,
 vii. 
vii.
 viii. 
viii. To my Ladye Mary Wroath.
 ix. 
ix.
 x. 
x.
 xi. 
xi. Essay out of the Italien.
 xii. 
xii. To Anne, the french Queen, new come from Spaine, and applyable to Marye of England, meeting the King at Douer.
 xiii. 
xiii. Fragment.
 xiv. 
xiv. Fragment.
 xv. 
xv. To my ladye Mary Wroath.
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MADRIGALS AND EPIGRAMS.
 xvii. 
xvii.
 xviii. 
xviii. Of Anthea.
 xix. 
xix.
 xx. 
xx. On a lamp.
 xxi. 
xxi. Amarillis to her dog Perlin.
 xxii. 
xxii.
 xxiii. 
xxiii.
 xxiv. 
xxiv. On the lut of Margarite.
 xxv. 
xxv.
 xxvi. 
xxvi.
 xxvii. 
xxvii.
 xxviii. 
xxviii. Epitaph.
 xxix. 
xxix. Epitaph.
 xxx. 
xxx.
 xxxi. 
xxxi.
 xxxii. 
xxxii.
 xxxiii. 
xxxiii.
 xxxiv. 
xxxiv. Epitaphe on a Cooke.
 xxxv. 
xxxv. On a noble man who died at a counsel table.
 xxxvi. 
xxxvi.
 xxxvii. 
xxxvii.
 xxxviii. 
xxxviii.
 xxxix. 
xxxix.
 xl. 
xl.
 xli. 
xli.
 xlii. 
xlii. On the poems of ------
 xliii. 
xliii.
 xliv. 
xliv.
 xlv. 
xlv.
 xlvi. 
xlvi.
 xlvii. 
xlvii.
 xlviii. 
xlviii.
 xlix. 
xlix.
 l. 
l.
 li. 
li. Charles the IX of France.
 lii. 
lii. Out of Passerat.
 liii. 
liii.
 liv. 
liv.
 lv. 
lv. Epitaph.
 lvi. 
lvi. Discontented Phillis.
 lvii. 
lvii. Vindiciae against the Com̄ones for B. C.
 lviii. 
lviii.
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Poems of Doubtful Authenticity.
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I.
  
VIL: DRUMMONDS LINES ONE THE BISCHOPES: 14 APPRYLL 1638.
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II. FOR THE KINGE.
  
Seinge.
  
Heiringe.
  
Taistinge.
  
Smellinge.
  
Feillinge.
  
Epiloge.
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III. HYMNS.
 i. 
i. Hymn.
 ii. 
ii. An Evening Hymn.
 iii. 
iii. Complaint of the Blessed Virgin.
 iv. 
iv. Hymn upon the Nativity.
 v. 
v. Hymn upon the Innocents.
 vi. 
vi. Dedication of a Church.
 vii. 
vii. Hymn.
 viii. 
viii. Hymn.
 ix. 
ix. Hymn for Sunday.
 x. 
x. Hymn for Monday.
 xi. 
xi. Hymn for Tuesday.
 xii. 
xii. Hymn for Wednesday.
 xiii. 
xiii. Hymn for Thursday.
 xiv. 
xiv. Hymn for Friday.
 xv. 
xv. Hymn for Saturday.
 xvi. 
xvi. Upon the Sundays in Lent.
 xvii. 
xvii. On the Ascension Day.
 xviii. 
xviii. Hymn for Whitsunday.
 xix. 
xix. On the Transfiguration of our Lord, the Sixth of August; A Hymn.
 xx. 
xx. On the Feast of St. Michael the Arch-Angel.
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[lxxvi] Thirsis in Dispraise of Beautie.

That which so much the doating World doth prise,
Fond Ladies only Care, and sole Delight,
Soone-fading Beautie, which of Hues doth rise,
Is but an abject Let of Natures Might;
Most woefull Wretch, whom shining Haire and Eyes,
Leade to Loues Dungeon, traitor'd by a Sight,
Most woefull: for hee might with greater Ease
Hells Portalls enter, and pale Death appease.
As in delicious Meads beneath the Flowres,
And the most wholsome Herbes that May can show,
In christall Curles the speckled Serpent lowres,
As in the Apple (which most faire doth grow)
The rotten Worme is clos'd, which it deuoures,
As in gilt Cups with Gnossian Wine which flow,
Oft Poyson pompously doth hide its Sowres:
So Lewdnesse, Falshood, Mischiefe, them aduance,
Clad with the pleasant Rayes of Beauties Glance.
Good thence is chas'd, where Beautie doth appeare,
Milde Lowlinesse with Pittie from it flie,
Where Beautie raignes as in their proper Spheare,
Ingratitude, Disdaine, Pride, all descrie,
The Flowre, and Fruit which Vertues Tree should beare,
With her bad Shadowe Beautie maketh die:
Beautie a Monster is, a Monster hurld
From angrie Heauen, to scourge this lower World.
As Fruits which are vnripe, and sowre of Taste,
To bee confect'd more fit than sweet wee proue,
For Sweet in Spight of Care themselues will waste,
When they long kept, the Appetite doe moue:
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So in the Sweetnesse of his Nectare, Loue
The foule confects, and seasons for his Feaste:
Sowre is farre better which wee sweet may make,
Than sweet which sweeter Sweetnesse will not take.
Foule may my Ladie bee, and may her Nose
(A Tanarife) giue Vmbrage to her Chinne;
May her gay Mouth (which shee no Time may close)
So wide be, that the Moone may turne therein,
May Eyes, and Teeth, bee made conforme to those,
Eyes set by Chance, and white, Teeth blacke and thinne:
May all what seene is, and is hidde from Sight,
Like vnto these rare Parts bee framed right.
I shall not feare thus though shee straye alone,
That others Her pursue, entice, admire,
And though shee sometime counterfaite a Grone,
I shall not thinke her Heart feeles vncouth Fire,
I shall not stile Her ruethlesse to my Mone,
Nor prowde, disdainfull, wayward to Desire:
Her Thoughts with mine will hold an equall Line,
I shall bee hers, and shee shall all bee mine.
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