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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Here came those Three: that Youth was call'd Vanlor,
Of rank Gentile, and nam'd by us before
In the first Book; who Frantick way did Rove,
Sad wanderer, talk'd near that Walled Grove
With Eccho long (oreheard by th' Princely Payr)
That his dead Love conceiv'd, Dione fayr;
Next Morning meant for th' Marriage-celebration:
He thus would Range about lamenting fashion,
Seek for her Ghost in fields and Darksom Shade,
Ere 'twas unto th' Elyzian banks convey'd.
Would Furious prove by's Mother kept, confin'd,
Else quiet with that overclouded Mind,
Came Home for Supper, Bed; this stragling Night
Kil'd in that Place: from longer Torment might
Free'd thence appear, Heart's Wound as cur'd his Heart;
Lanc'd Sorrow's Ulcer thus by wholsome smart,
Life loathsome grown; which sad Clermanthe found,
Her Lord thought stain: thus take the Cause and ground.
Of rank Gentile, and nam'd by us before
In the first Book; who Frantick way did Rove,
Sad wanderer, talk'd near that Walled Grove
With Eccho long (oreheard by th' Princely Payr)
That his dead Love conceiv'd, Dione fayr;
Next Morning meant for th' Marriage-celebration:
He thus would Range about lamenting fashion,
Seek for her Ghost in fields and Darksom Shade,
Ere 'twas unto th' Elyzian banks convey'd.
Would Furious prove by's Mother kept, confin'd,
Else quiet with that overclouded Mind,
Came Home for Supper, Bed; this stragling Night
Kil'd in that Place: from longer Torment might
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Lanc'd Sorrow's Ulcer thus by wholsome smart,
Life loathsome grown; which sad Clermanthe found,
Her Lord thought stain: thus take the Cause and ground.
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