A garden of graue and godlie flowers Sonets, elegies, and epitaphs. Planted, polished, and perfected: By Mr. Alexander Gardyne |
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To the Ghost of the most noble Ladie, Ladie Elizabeth Gordon Countesse of Dunbar.
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A garden of graue and godlie flowers | ||
To the Ghost of the most noble Ladie, Ladie Elizabeth Gordon Countesse of Dunbar.
If
Vertue, wit, and if discretion doe,
With pietie expostulat a praise,
If th'outward shape, may be collauded to,
Than thou adorn'd with those into thy daies,
Must nocht (Madam) expect nor looke for lesse,
Nor all that Art or Poesie can expresse.
With pietie expostulat a praise,
If th'outward shape, may be collauded to,
Than thou adorn'd with those into thy daies,
Must nocht (Madam) expect nor looke for lesse,
Nor all that Art or Poesie can expresse.
Thought all that Art, or Poesie can expresse,
About thy pale imprinted war, and pend:
Yet should thy praise (great Ladie) I confesse
Permit no point, no period, nor end:
Bot be a solemne subiect to be sung,
In th'after age, with each Poetick Tongue.
About thy pale imprinted war, and pend:
Yet should thy praise (great Ladie) I confesse
Permit no point, no period, nor end:
Bot be a solemne subiect to be sung,
In th'after age, with each Poetick Tongue.
A garden of graue and godlie flowers | ||