The Works in Verse and Prose (including hitherto unpublished Mss.) of Sir John Davies: for the first time collected and edited: With memorial-introductions and notes: By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In three volumes |
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HYMNE XVII. Of her Memorie.
Excellent iewels would you see,
Louely ladies? come with me,
I will (for loue I owe you).
Shew you as rich a treasurie,
As East or West can shew you.
Louely ladies? come with me,
I will (for loue I owe you).
Shew you as rich a treasurie,
As East or West can shew you.
Behold, if you can iudge of it,
Euen that great store-house of her wit:
That beautiful large Table,
Her Memory, wherein is writ
All knowledge admirable.
Euen that great store-house of her wit:
That beautiful large Table,
Her Memory, wherein is writ
All knowledge admirable.
Reade this faire book and you shall learne
Exquisite skill; if you discerne,
Gaine heau'n by this discerning;
In such a memory diuine,
Nature did forme the Muses nine,
And Pallas Queene of Learning.
Exquisite skill; if you discerne,
Gaine heau'n by this discerning;
In such a memory diuine,
Nature did forme the Muses nine,
And Pallas Queene of Learning.
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