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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 | The Grecian Story |  |
THERSANDER tho, mean time, Transformed prove
In thoughts as Garb, Death's Fate so near; unmov'd,
Musing he stands one while, then Walk'd about,
Next stares o'th' Walls, and Door, cross Fortune's flout
Sad, strange appear'd: to th' Windows glance at last;
Fair Prospect view'd, by Fancy trod, o're-pass'd;
Wresting some Bars, one loose, perceiv'd, the Stone
Bad, flaw'd, and broke; with's Knife much larger grown;
Then utmost Strength Fire-fork conjoyn'd apply'd,
He tears it forth, tho afterwards descry'd
Steep Rock beneath: no thought to pass above,
Such Walls and Gates, that th' onely Way did prove.
In thoughts as Garb, Death's Fate so near; unmov'd,
Musing he stands one while, then Walk'd about,
Next stares o'th' Walls, and Door, cross Fortune's flout
Sad, strange appear'd: to th' Windows glance at last;
Fair Prospect view'd, by Fancy trod, o're-pass'd;
Wresting some Bars, one loose, perceiv'd, the Stone
Bad, flaw'd, and broke; with's Knife much larger grown;
Then utmost Strength Fire-fork conjoyn'd apply'd,
He tears it forth, tho afterwards descry'd
Steep Rock beneath: no thought to pass above,
Such Walls and Gates, that th' onely Way did prove.
| The Grecian Story | |