Fovre bookes of Du Bartas I. The Arke, II. Babylon, III. The Colonnyes, IIII. The Columues or Pyllars: In French and English, for the Instrvction and Pleasvre of Svch as Delight in Both Langvages. By William Lisle ... Together with a large Commentary by S. G. S |
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Awake (I say) make hast, and soop the wat'r away,
That hides the Land from Heau'n, & robs the world of day.
That hides the Land from Heau'n, & robs the world of day.
The winds obey his voice, the flood beginnes t'abate,
The Sea retireth backe, And th'Arch in Ararate
Lands on a mountains head, that seem'd to threat the skie,
And troad downe vnd'r his feet a thousand hills full high.
The Sea retireth backe, And th'Arch in Ararate
Lands on a mountains head, that seem'd to threat the skie,
And troad downe vnd'r his feet a thousand hills full high.
Now Noes heart reioic'd with sweet conceit of hope,
And for the Rau'n to flie he sets a casement ope.
To find some resting place the bird soares round-about;
And finding none, returnes to him that sent her out:
Who few daies after sends the Doue, another spie,
That also came againe, because she found no drie.
And for the Rau'n to flie he sets a casement ope.
To find some resting place the bird soares round-about;
And finding none, returnes to him that sent her out:
Who few daies after sends the Doue, another spie,
That also came againe, because she found no drie.
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