Parthenophil and Parthenophe Sonnettes, Madrigals, Elegies and Odes [by Barnabe Barnes] |
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TO THE MOST VERTVOVS LEARned and bewtifull Lady Marie Countesse of Penbrooke.
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TO THE MOST VERTVOVS LEARned and bewtifull Lady Marie Countesse of Penbrooke.
Pride of our English Ladies, neuer match'te,Great fauourer of Phoebus of-spring,
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Muses cheefe comfort, of the muses hatch'te:
On whom Vrania hath so long time watch'te,
In fames rich forte with crowne triumphing,
Of laurell euer-greene in lustie spring,
After thy mortall pilgrimage dispatch'te.
Vnto those Planettes where thou shal't haue place
With thy late sainted brother to giue light:
And with harmonious Sphœres to turne in race.
Voutch-safe sweet Lady with a forhead bright
To shine on this poore muse, whose first borne fruite
That you of right would take, she maketh suite.
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