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[A faire, a sueet, a pleasant heunlie creature]
A faire, a sueet, a pleasant heunlie creatureLycoris vas—the miracle of Nature:
Her haire more faire then gold of Tagus streames
Or his that cheeres the vorld vith golden beames,
Her suetest mouth & lips that halff shee closes
Did nothing yeild to corral & fresh roses,
Her brow more vhite, more beautiful & gay
Then is a day but clouds in mids of May,
Vnder the vhich tuo equal planets glancing
Cast flames of loue, for loue theer stil is dancing;
Vhile jurie, vith a dantiest purple spred,
Of her faire cheks resembld the fairest red;
Her nek semd framd by some most curious master,
Most vhite, most smoth, a piece of alabaster;
Vpon her brest two aples round did grow,
Vith tops of strawberries more vhite then snow:
So far in grace sche did excell each other
That Cupid vald haue taine her for his mother.
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