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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Last, came th' whole Virgin-train, by comely Pair,
In long Lawn-vails, with towred lofty dressing,
Mixt white and green, puff'd Diadem expressing;
By each born in own hand small China dish
Of pure white, trembling Jelly (shrouded this
Chast Emblem too) whilst in their other showing
Bright hallow'd Censer, Incence round bestowing;
Whose fragrant, costly Mists, th' whole ample place
Endeard, enrich'd at once: with solemn Grace
Thus all March'd up (perform'd their Treble bow)
Towards those Mounting steps, beneath whose brow
Their Altar stood; where strait did hands divide,
Falling off partly thus to either side.
In long Lawn-vails, with towred lofty dressing,
Mixt white and green, puff'd Diadem expressing;
By each born in own hand small China dish
Of pure white, trembling Jelly (shrouded this
Chast Emblem too) whilst in their other showing
Bright hallow'd Censer, Incence round bestowing;
Whose fragrant, costly Mists, th' whole ample place
Endeard, enrich'd at once: with solemn Grace
Thus all March'd up (perform'd their Treble bow)
Towards those Mounting steps, beneath whose brow
Their Altar stood; where strait did hands divide,
Falling off partly thus to either side.
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