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Pandora

The Musyque of the beautie of his Mistresse Diana. Composed by John Soowthern ... and dedicated to the right Honorable, Edward Deuer, Earle of Oxenford, &c
  
  

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Sonnets. 1. To his Mystresse Diana.

Tis fyrst to you Dian, that I haue togethers,
Giuen me and my voice, making you the Idôll:
To which I offer both the body and soule,
Of these teares of my eyes, that fall heere like riuers.


But in some thinges fabelous, you must be content
To see what it is, of vs Louers the flame,
And reade you must vnder a Goddesses name,
Of your beates the delycate ornament.
And where as these which are to apayse your cruelties:
Shall not proscribe well, your excellent rareties.
Excuse mee Nymphe, as you would haue in some astre,
Of heauen your fayre semblance: for I doo not meane,
To sing you now: but Dian, when you haue bene,
More gratious vnto mee: I wyll sing you better.