Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
Upon this rare Erotique Subject, The Master-piece of Love,
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
Upon this rare Erotique Subject, The Master-piece of Love,
By Mr. Loveday.
As
Perl mong Gems, so mong the Passions Love
Excels, and in the highest Orb doth move,
Her Sisters Faith and Hope attend us here,
While through frail Elements our course we steer:
But Love soars with the Soul beyond the Sky,
Being Imp'd in Her to all Eternity.
But what was here a Passion that did burn,
And cool by fits, shall there be fix'd, and turn
To an Angelik Nature ever free
From all such humours of inconstancy.
This Author doth that Passion so display,
And in such high Ideas, that He may
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The Common Masters in the School of Love.
Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||