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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Another English'd out of Petrarch in Italian: On LAURA veyl'd. Lassare il Velo Oper Sole, O per Ombra, &c.
That you leave off your Veyl, by Sun or shade(Mistress) I have not seen, nor can discover;
As though you thought my Grand desire allay'd
That way, which throngs my Heart, become all Lover;
Since secret thoughts, there harbour'd, lurking, do
Stiffe me still through Want, breed more Desiring:
I've seen choyce Goodness to adorn that Brow,
But since that Love disclos'd my inward firing,
Those Sunshine-curls with Clouds be-veyled o're;
Your splendid amorous Look, o'recast, obscured?
Thus, snatch'd from me what most I prize, Adore,
If govern'd by that Veyl, worst plagues endured;
Which, friezing me to Death, be't heat or cold,
Your fair Eyes sweetest Light does darken, infold.
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