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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Who coming to that Lady's House (when late)
I' th' Grove, declar'd, with strange Events to wait
Upon Clermanthe there, the Night before;
Then told by her on that departing score,
How She was slipt away, some Terrour bred
(As seem'd) Conceit of being discovered;
Nurse sadly'st fear'd, that, lost all Worldly Joy,
Despairing grown, She might her Self destroy:
So, lost in her own Thoughts and way through Passion,
Sh' had wander'd thus, since Morn, in doleful fashion.
I' th' Grove, declar'd, with strange Events to wait
Upon Clermanthe there, the Night before;
Then told by her on that departing score,
How She was slipt away, some Terrour bred
(As seem'd) Conceit of being discovered;
Nurse sadly'st fear'd, that, lost all Worldly Joy,
Despairing grown, She might her Self destroy:
So, lost in her own Thoughts and way through Passion,
Sh' had wander'd thus, since Morn, in doleful fashion.
| The Grecian Story | |