Emblemes and Epigrames Psal: Quum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me, Domine. [A.D. 1600, by Francis Thynne ... ]: Edited by F. J. Furnivall |
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(54) Monument of a harlott.
Whose tombe is this? whose bones doth this contayne?
the Ephereian Lais here doth lie,
whose peerelesse bewtie, wanton Greece did stayne
with her highe prys'd excessive Lecherie;
but wo, alas! sham'd not their destinie
to cut her fatall thred which was soe faire,
to whome to Corinth all men did repayre.
the Ephereian Lais here doth lie,
whose peerelesse bewtie, wanton Greece did stayne
with her highe prys'd excessive Lecherie;
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to cut her fatall thred which was soe faire,
to whome to Corinth all men did repayre.
No, she was with crooked age foreworne,
her frowinced face her bewtie had defac'd,
And like a woman which weare all forlorne,
and that of Venus nowe noe more was grac'd,
her christall glasse on Venus wall she placed,
as lothinge in that mirror for to prye,
her wrinkled eyes and cheekes for to espie.
her frowinced face her bewtie had defac'd,
And like a woman which weare all forlorne,
and that of Venus nowe noe more was grac'd,
her christall glasse on Venus wall she placed,
as lothinge in that mirror for to prye,
her wrinkled eyes and cheekes for to espie.
Vppon whose curious tombe, engraven by skill,
did stand a feirce and cruell Lyonesse,
which did the simple Ram, even at her will,
hould by the Loynes with clawes of bludinesse;
which vnto vs this morrall did expresse,
that by the Loynes she still did hould and keepe
her fonde lovers, as Lyonesse doth the Sheepe.
did stand a feirce and cruell Lyonesse,
which did the simple Ram, even at her will,
hould by the Loynes with clawes of bludinesse;
which vnto vs this morrall did expresse,
that by the Loynes she still did hould and keepe
her fonde lovers, as Lyonesse doth the Sheepe.
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