The History of Polindor and Flostella With Other Poems. By I. H. [i.e. John Harington] The third Edition, Revised and much Enlarged |
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First marched forth th' old Rev'rend Priestess, bearing
Largest white Lawn, upon whose midst display'd
Fayr Chaplet wreath, of beauteous Lillies made
Green Laurell, mixt, froath'd both in spots, like Snow;
Fit emblems, all: those Lillies seem'd to show
Chast Pureness there; Laurels did Freshness boast,
Loves powerfull conquest, with green Shades where most
Vesta delights; Snow figur'd Virgin-cold.
Next after her March'd single Nymph, did hold
Small Baskets, open-work, of white and green;
Like-ribbon'd, trim'd; through which (perspective-seen)
Shin'd store of Lillies, Laurell-branches fair.
Largest white Lawn, upon whose midst display'd
Fayr Chaplet wreath, of beauteous Lillies made
Green Laurell, mixt, froath'd both in spots, like Snow;
Fit emblems, all: those Lillies seem'd to show
Chast Pureness there; Laurels did Freshness boast,
Loves powerfull conquest, with green Shades where most
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Next after her March'd single Nymph, did hold
Small Baskets, open-work, of white and green;
Like-ribbon'd, trim'd; through which (perspective-seen)
Shin'd store of Lillies, Laurell-branches fair.
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