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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English'd out of Montemayor in Spanish. On Leander Leandro Amoroso Fuego ardia, &c.
Leander , burning in an Amorous fire,Stole down to th' Liquid murmuring shore, attended
With one Love-thought alone, his dear Desire;
Through whose Bold force no danger apprehended:
Which flaming Light through streams when darted was,
God Neptune angry rouz'd, with Waves to quench it;
God Cupid too might better ceas'd that Blaze,
'Tween HERO'S wisht-for Armes have sought to Drench it
The Morns fair Light to th' Voyage, urg'd, as 'twere;
Night gently rose, with friendly'st shades surrounding;
More kind then either Love, or Fortune were:
O wretched Lovers fates, belief confounding!
That Love and Fortune both, in one combined,
Such dismall Death ith' end for him Designed.
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