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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 | The History of Polindor and Flostella |  |
So tow'rds Tregor, great Town four miles off lying,
Far distant from the Vale, whence quick Post flying,
Should fully inform Rufin, their Life-guard friend,
Whose able Freeness would supply to th' end
With generous Maint'nance, sav'd her Jewels so;
And make him's Heir. Thus, whilst they panting go
(T'whom also their first worthyer Names we now,
Polindor and Flostella, shall allow)
Much gentler-pac'd, advanced further on;
Loud Voyce amaz'd them both, Flostella soon
Startling through fear, least horrid stop, Surprize;
Th' Heart quak'd: Polindor roul'd fierce, gazing eyes:
Till spy'd (by chance) thick leavy Fence, between,
Both pausing harken'd there, when strait agen
It loudly spake; to which did answering prove
Shrill Eccho, thus:
Far distant from the Vale, whence quick Post flying,
Should fully inform Rufin, their Life-guard friend,
Whose able Freeness would supply to th' end
With generous Maint'nance, sav'd her Jewels so;
And make him's Heir. Thus, whilst they panting go
(T'whom also their first worthyer Names we now,
Polindor and Flostella, shall allow)
Much gentler-pac'd, advanced further on;
Loud Voyce amaz'd them both, Flostella soon
Startling through fear, least horrid stop, Surprize;
Th' Heart quak'd: Polindor roul'd fierce, gazing eyes:
Till spy'd (by chance) thick leavy Fence, between,
Both pausing harken'd there, when strait agen
It loudly spake; to which did answering prove
Shrill Eccho, thus:
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