 | Argalvs and Parthenia |  |
Next after them, came in the virgin crew
In milke white robes (virgins that neuer knew
The sacred mysteries of the mariage bed,
Nor, finding trouble in a Maidenhead,
Ere lent a thought to nuptiall ioyes, till now)
Thus past these buds of nature; two, by two,
Their long dissheueld tresses dingled downe
With carelesse Art, and on each head a crowne
Of golden Laurell stood. Their faces shrowded
Beneath a vaile, seem'd as the Stars were clouded.
In milke white robes (virgins that neuer knew
The sacred mysteries of the mariage bed,
Nor, finding trouble in a Maidenhead,
Ere lent a thought to nuptiall ioyes, till now)
Thus past these buds of nature; two, by two,
Their long dissheueld tresses dingled downe
With carelesse Art, and on each head a crowne
Of golden Laurell stood. Their faces shrowded
Beneath a vaile, seem'd as the Stars were clouded.
| Argalvs and Parthenia | |