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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Orsamnes, thou not known'st this Dreadful Cross,
Th' endamag'd World's, but most thy Fatal Loss:
Does no kind Gale Sigh, Whisper'st in thine Ear?
Loud Thunder roar the chance, nor Earth-quake there
Tremble it forth? such Strange-tongu'd Prodigies
Would Suit such Monst'rous Act: do not the Skies
Inform by scroul of Stars? Some Raven crying,
Fatality! choice worth, chief Beauty's Dying.
Th' endamag'd World's, but most thy Fatal Loss:
Does no kind Gale Sigh, Whisper'st in thine Ear?
Loud Thunder roar the chance, nor Earth-quake there
Tremble it forth? such Strange-tongu'd Prodigies
Would Suit such Monst'rous Act: do not the Skies
Inform by scroul of Stars? Some Raven crying,
Fatality! choice worth, chief Beauty's Dying.
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