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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On either side this Bank, green velvet Flat,
Whose midst bore Thickets smaller maze; 'twixt that
And th' Bank Full thorough-view broad space design'd
(Four quarters thus) though link'd to th' Fence behind:
Form just Half-Ovall fram'd; ith' further part
Lodg'd Silvan rocky Fount, where Nature, Art
Conjoyn'd, both Founders seem'd, but wild, ore-grown
Small carved Wood-nymphs nak'd (though) cleerly shone
By th' Streams beneath, with wind dishevell'd Hayr:
On th' top skulk'd leacherous Satyrs seem'd to stare,
Acteon like, their horns and hoofs descry'd,
Though no Coy-brow'd Diana there espy'd.
Whose midst bore Thickets smaller maze; 'twixt that
And th' Bank Full thorough-view broad space design'd
(Four quarters thus) though link'd to th' Fence behind:
Form just Half-Ovall fram'd; ith' further part
Lodg'd Silvan rocky Fount, where Nature, Art
Conjoyn'd, both Founders seem'd, but wild, ore-grown
Small carved Wood-nymphs nak'd (though) cleerly shone
By th' Streams beneath, with wind dishevell'd Hayr:
On th' top skulk'd leacherous Satyrs seem'd to stare,
Acteon like, their horns and hoofs descry'd,
Though no Coy-brow'd Diana there espy'd.
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