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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When up those steps the Priestess slowly advanc'd
To th' hallow'd Table, where a while Intranc'd
Shee kneeling seem'd; then, rouzing, spread thereon
(Devout obeysance made) that milk-white Lawn
With purest Wreath; next, from the attendant Mayd
Those fine-wrought Lilly-baskets, took, displayd
And rank'd them all beneath that Table, round
(Present to Vesta) on the Marble ground:
Then, further step'd to th' Carpet strow'd that o're
VVith Lillies Laurell-branches mixed store
(Those white, green Damask panes) set forth each part
Unlike; thus doubly Flowr'd, by Nature, art.
To th' hallow'd Table, where a while Intranc'd
Shee kneeling seem'd; then, rouzing, spread thereon
(Devout obeysance made) that milk-white Lawn
With purest Wreath; next, from the attendant Mayd
Those fine-wrought Lilly-baskets, took, displayd
And rank'd them all beneath that Table, round
(Present to Vesta) on the Marble ground:
Then, further step'd to th' Carpet strow'd that o're
VVith Lillies Laurell-branches mixed store
(Those white, green Damask panes) set forth each part
Unlike; thus doubly Flowr'd, by Nature, art.
| The History of Polindor and Flostella | |