Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd By I. T. [i.e. John Tatham] |
A Bird presented to Ostella.
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A Bird presented to Ostella.
Fair Bird thou art design'd to bea Messenger from Love and me,
An Embassy though not so high
as that which from the Ark did flie
Yet such as Nice Divines admit
and Loves Religion Warrants it.
Go, and those sadder Notes of thine
which so improv'd by Discord mine,
Unto the Soveraign of my Heart
Peal forth in a confused Art,
Sing out my sigh, chatter my Groans:
imperfect speech best breaks our Moans.
Strike all Hearts sad that hers may know
How much of pitty she doth ow
To mine: pursue her day, by day,
Let her not eat nor drink nor pray,
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her bosom does become thy Nest,
Where if th'art Martyred by her eys,
Thou shalt from thence a Phœnix rise.
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