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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'Twas their Design
Clermanthe should be led
Unto their Chief, for's pleasure Ravished;
To Pluto next, term'd God of gainful Prize
And Hell conjoyn'd, prove Off'ring, Sacrifice:
One's Motion lik'd by All, their Hands so late
Imploy'd in Blood; mean Beast tho serv'd for that,
With Brimstone-fume, by Thieves perform'd before,
First week of May, on that Devotion-score
As by Themselves; through sculking fears and Flight
So long deferr'd, then May the Seventh Night:
Beast wanting tho, Man, Woman seem'd t'excel,
Pluto thought King of Ghosts, whose Empire well
They had enlarg'd; Zeal stronger now, since He
Not only brought them off, from Danger free,
But that choice Prize (which grand Advancement shew'd)
Rare Box of Gems, joyn'd heap of Gold bestow'd.
Her dainty'st Body, Head should strait be thrown
In that deep Well, lay'd by Vanlor unknown.
Unto their Chief, for's pleasure Ravished;
To Pluto next, term'd God of gainful Prize
And Hell conjoyn'd, prove Off'ring, Sacrifice:
One's Motion lik'd by All, their Hands so late
Imploy'd in Blood; mean Beast tho serv'd for that,
With Brimstone-fume, by Thieves perform'd before,
First week of May, on that Devotion-score
As by Themselves; through sculking fears and Flight
So long deferr'd, then May the Seventh Night:
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Pluto thought King of Ghosts, whose Empire well
They had enlarg'd; Zeal stronger now, since He
Not only brought them off, from Danger free,
But that choice Prize (which grand Advancement shew'd)
Rare Box of Gems, joyn'd heap of Gold bestow'd.
Her dainty'st Body, Head should strait be thrown
In that deep Well, lay'd by Vanlor unknown.
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