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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For Door to th' Green, Timondes since did wait
To let Orsamnes forth, till something late,
Dull, drowsy grown more hast; Clermanthe's rest
Regarded too; the Lock (less strongly prest)
Did shoot too short; or Step, bad hindrance there:
Those Bolts above beneath forgotten were,
The Wall it self so smooth and High that none,
Except by Ladder rais'd, could mount thereon.
To let Orsamnes forth, till something late,
Dull, drowsy grown more hast; Clermanthe's rest
Regarded too; the Lock (less strongly prest)
Did shoot too short; or Step, bad hindrance there:
Those Bolts above beneath forgotten were,
The Wall it self so smooth and High that none,
Except by Ladder rais'd, could mount thereon.
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