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SONNET 45.
[When she was borne whom I intirely loue]
When she was borne whom I intirely loue,Th' immortall gods hir birth-rites foorth to grace
Descending from their glorious seat aboue,
They did on hir these seuerall vertues place.
First Saturne gaue to hir sobriety,
Ioue then indued hir with comelines,
And Sol with wisedome did hir beautify,
Mercurie with wit and knowledge did hir bles,
Venus with beautie did all parts bedeck,
Luna therewith did modesty combine,
Diana chast all loose desires did check,
And like a lampe in cleernes she doth shine.
But Mars according to his stubborne kinde,
No vertue gaue, but a disdainefull minde.
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