EROTOPAIGNION[Greek]: Or the Cyprian Academy :: :: University of Virginia Library

Baron, Robert

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First shall the Bee abhor the smell
Of Hybla's fragrant boure,

And sease her thigh with balme to swell?
Suckt from each spicy flower.

First shall the chastest turtle dove
Forget to bill, and fly
From her owne mate, and emblem prove
of loath'd inconstancy.

First Pan shall make a loving league
betwixt the wolfes, and sheep
First shall the hen her broode bequeath
unto the Kite to keepe.

First shall the huge Leviathan
abide i'th sea no more,
But come to sport with active man
upon the parched shore.

First shall the Lyon weary be.
of solitary woods,
And skip into the frighted sea
to wanton in the flouds.

First North with South its place shall change
Orient with West shake hand,
First steadfast earth shall move, and range
and ayre fixed stand.

First spangled heaven below shall ly
and sable hell above,
Ere unto my Flaminius I
false or unconstant prove.

First shall my ashes passe the fire
and cloyster'd ly in urne,
Ere my affections expire
or loves flame cease to burne.

Love with my body shall not end
that ne're shall faile, or fade,
But shall upon my soule attend
into the Sacred shade.