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Anacreon

Bion. Moschvs. Kisses, by Secundus. Cvpid crvcified, by Ausonius. Venvs vigils, Incerto Authore [by Thomas Stanley]
Stanley, Thomas (1625-1678)

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ANACREON.
 I. 
The Lute.
 II. 
Beauty.
 III. 
Loves Night walk.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
Roses.
 VI. 
Another.
 VII. 
The Chace.
 VIII. 
The Dream.
 IX. 
The Dove.
 X. 
Love in Wax.
 XI. 
The old Lover.
 XII. 
The Swallow.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
The Combat.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
The Captive.
 XVII. 
The Cup.
 XVIII. 
Another.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
The Wish.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
The Invitation.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
The Picture.
 XXIX. 
Another.
 XXX. 
Love imprison'd.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
The Accompt.
 XXXIII. 
The Swallow.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
Europa.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
The Spring.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
 XL. 
The Bee.
 XLI. 
XLI.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
The Grassehopper.
 XLIII. 
The Dream.
 XLIV. 
Loves Arrows.
 XLVI. 
Gold.
 XLVII. 
XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
XLIX.
 L. 
L.
 LI. 
On a Basin wherein Venus was engrav'd.
 LII. 
The Vintage.
 LIII. 
The Rose.
 LIV. 
LIV.
 LV. 
LV.
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BION.
 I. 
Epitaph on Adonis.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
Cleodemus, Myrson.
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MOSCHVS.
 I. 
Love Cried.
 II. 
Europa.
 III. 
Epitaph on Bion the Pastoral Poet.
 IV. 
Megara and Alcmena.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
  
Cupid Plowing.
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KISSES.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
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CUPID CRUCIFIED.
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VENUS VIGILS.
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EXCITATIONS.
  
The Hostesse.
  
The Debauche.
  
Aristenætus to Philocalus.
  
Gold.
  
Adonis.
  
[Along the mead Europa walks]
  
[Venus whose fair Deity]
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SYLVIA'S PARK, by Theophile. ACANTHUS COMPLAINT, by Tristan. ORONTA, by Preti. ECHO, by Marino. LOVES EMBASSY, by Boscan. THE SOLITVDE. by Gongora.
  
SYLVIA'S PARK.
  
Acanthus Complaint.
  
ORONTA,
  
ECHO
  
LOVES EMBASSY.
  
THE SOLITVDE.
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A Platonick Discourse Upon LOVE.
  
The Sonnet.

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XI.

[Thou then Latona's Star more bright]

Thou then Latona's Star more bright,
Fairer then Venus golden Light,
A hundred Kisses pay;
Many as Lesbia
Gave and receiv'd from her glad Lover;
As are the Graces round thee hover,
Or Cupids that do skip
About thy Cheek, and Lip;
As lives and Deaths thy bright Eye wears;
As many Hopes, as many Fears,
Joyes interlin'd with Woe,
Or sighs from Lovers flow;
As many as the Darts, that on
My Heart by the wing'd Boy are sown;
As many as do ly
In his gilt Armory;
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To these kinde Blandishments, with glad
Whispers, and mirthful Dalliance add;
With grateful Smiles, that may
Our full Delight betray;
As two Chaonian Turtles bill,
And the soft Air with murmurs fill,
When Winters rigid Snows
Away young Zephyr blows;
Rest on my Cheek in Extasie,
Ready to close thy dying Eye;
And as thou faint'st away
Me to uphold thee pray:
My Arms about thee I will twine;
My warm to thy cold Bosome joyn,
And call thee back from Death,
With a long Kisses Breath:
'Till me like Fate of Life bereave,
Who in that Kiss my Spirit leave,
And as I sink away
Thee to uphold me pray:
Thy Arms about me thou shalt ty,
Thy warm to my cold Breast apply,
And summon me from Death
With a long Kisses Breath.
Thus let us Dear in mutual Joy
The florid part of Time employ;
For Age our Lives will waste;
Sicknesse and Death make haste.
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