Lucasta Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, &c. To which is added Aramantha, A Pastorall. By Richard Lovelace |
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THE DEDICATION. To the Right Honourable, my Lady ANNE LOVELACE.
To the Richest Treasury
That e're fill'd Ambitious Eye;
To the faire bright Magazin
Hath impoverisht Loves Queen;
'To th'EXCHEQUER of all Honour,
(All take Pensions but from her)
'To the Taper of the Thore
Which the God himselfe but bore;
'To the Sea of Chast Delight
Let me cast the Drop I write.
That e're fill'd Ambitious Eye;
To the faire bright Magazin
Hath impoverisht Loves Queen;
'To th'EXCHEQUER of all Honour,
(All take Pensions but from her)
'To the Taper of the Thore
Which the God himselfe but bore;
'To the Sea of Chast Delight
Let me cast the Drop I write.
And as at Loretto's shrine
Cæsar shovels in his Mine,
Th'Empres spreads her Carkanets
The Lords submit their Coronets,
Knights their Chased Armes hang by.
Maids Diamond-Ruby Fancies tye;
Whilst from the Pilgrim she wears
One poore false Pearl, but ten true tears:
Cæsar shovels in his Mine,
Th'Empres spreads her Carkanets
The Lords submit their Coronets,
Knights their Chased Armes hang by.
Maids Diamond-Ruby Fancies tye;
Whilst from the Pilgrim she wears
One poore false Pearl, but ten true tears:
So among the Orient Prize,
(Saphyr-Onyx Eulogies)
Offer'd up unto your Fame:
Take my Garnet-Dublet Name,
And vouchsafe 'midst those Rich Joyes
(With Devotion) these TOYES.
(Saphyr-Onyx Eulogies)
Offer'd up unto your Fame:
Take my Garnet-Dublet Name,
And vouchsafe 'midst those Rich Joyes
(With Devotion) these TOYES.
RICHARD LOVELACE.
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