Amanda A Sacrifice To an Unknown Goddesse, or, A Free-Will Offering Of a loving Heart to a Sweet-Heart. By N. H. [i.e. Nicholas Hookes] |
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A Sacrifice to Amanda.
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A Sacrifice to Amanda.
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I have an eye for her that's fair,An eare for her that sings,
Yet don't I care
For golden haire,
I scorne the portion lech'ry brings,
To baudy beautie I'm a churle,
And hate though a melodious girle
Her that is nought but aire.
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I have a heart for her that's kinde,A lip for her that smiles;
But if her minde
Be like the winde,
I'd rather foot it twenty miles,
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Lest in her clammie glew-pie cheeks
I leave my beard behinde.
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Is thy voice mellow, is it smart?Art Venus for thy beautie?
If kinde and tart,
And chaste thou art,
Then am I bound to do thee dutie:
Though pretty Mal, or bonnie Kate,
Hast thou one haire adulterate,
I'm blinde, and deaf, and out of heart.
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Amanda, thou art faire, well-bred,Harmonious, sweetly kinde;
If thou wilt wed
My Virgin-bed,
And taste my love, thou 'rt to my minde;
Take hands, lips, heart and eyes,
All are too mean a sacrifice
To th' Altar of thy maiden-head.
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