The Golden Aphroditis A pleasant discourse, penned by John Grange ... Whereunto be annexed by the same Authour asvvell certayne Metres upon sundry poyntes, as also divers Pamphlets in prose, which he entituleth His Garden: pleasant to the eare, and delightful to the Reader, if he abuse not the scente of the floures |
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I. I. his deuice to. A. O.
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soaring Hauke beyonde his skill who seekes to soare so hye,
That weeried wings shall him anoy before he footing fyndes:
The recklesse birde on euery branche that seekes to prone and prye,
The sayler of his launching ship the mast which weakly bindes,
At length shal breed their bathing bane to scourge thē in their kinds.
That weeried wings shall him anoy before he footing fyndes:
The recklesse birde on euery branche that seekes to prone and prye,
The sayler of his launching ship the mast which weakly bindes,
At length shal breed their bathing bane to scourge thē in their kinds.
And though the change of pasture helpes by proofe to make fat calues,
Through slickenesse yet, the rolling stone we see can take no mosse.
Wherfore sith you will dayly seeke eche thing to part by halues,
Think for your part, & for your pains, nought else to gain but drosse
For while you seeke a greater gaine, your wittes in vaine you tosse.
Through slickenesse yet, the rolling stone we see can take no mosse.
Wherfore sith you will dayly seeke eche thing to part by halues,
Think for your part, & for your pains, nought else to gain but drosse
For while you seeke a greater gaine, your wittes in vaine you tosse.
Your selfe to be the rolling stone, and I your Sisiphus
You sought to make, but all in vaine, I learned haue to shunne,
The poysoning plagues of Circes cup (as did Prometheus)
Which was him sent as sawce, for yt which erst by stelth he won:
Wherfore with leysure now repent, with haste what you begon.
You sought to make, but all in vaine, I learned haue to shunne,
The poysoning plagues of Circes cup (as did Prometheus)
Which was him sent as sawce, for yt which erst by stelth he won:
Wherfore with leysure now repent, with haste what you begon.
Sith Socrates vs byd denide one Venus into two,
In two likewise Dan Cupid God, loue tormentes to abate:
Therfore you wil (as none erst did) hir corps deuide in moe,
Which plainly shewes your chāge wt choice, your chāge I mean of late,
Which turnd your frends to mortal foes, by chāging of your mate.
In two likewise Dan Cupid God, loue tormentes to abate:
Which plainly shewes your chāge wt choice, your chāge I mean of late,
Which turnd your frends to mortal foes, by chāging of your mate.
When Aeolus mindes to raigne, then Boreas nedes must hast,
Elleborus hath me purged, I now defie thy crew.
By profe I finde an ape an ape, in purple be she plast.
Let who list do as Argus did, kepe thee within their mew:
Yet who so list, or who so doth shal neuer finde thee true.
Elleborus hath me purged, I now defie thy crew.
By profe I finde an ape an ape, in purple be she plast.
Let who list do as Argus did, kepe thee within their mew:
Yet who so list, or who so doth shal neuer finde thee true.
And sith you thinke your beautie such, as none inioyes the like:
To Platos Citie, fairies lande, or to Vtopia wenne:
Yea sith you thinke your wisedome such, as no man hath the like:
In desertes shrinke (as Tymon did) go seeke some caue or denne,
There to inioy your giftes alone, imparted not to men.
To Platos Citie, fairies lande, or to Vtopia wenne:
Yea sith you thinke your wisedome such, as no man hath the like:
In desertes shrinke (as Tymon did) go seeke some caue or denne,
There to inioy your giftes alone, imparted not to men.
Perhappes dan Phæbus in the day, Minippus else by night,
In sight, which passe Linceus eyes, will spie thee forth at length,
With bēding eyes from sun & Moone, who rauisht with thy sight,
In heauē wil place thee as a star, none can withstād their strength.
Thus thou dispising mortall men, the Goddes enioyes at length.
In sight, which passe Linceus eyes, will spie thee forth at length,
With bēding eyes from sun & Moone, who rauisht with thy sight,
In heauē wil place thee as a star, none can withstād their strength.
Thus thou dispising mortall men, the Goddes enioyes at length.
Mitto tibi frōtem Veneris, mediumque Dianæ,
Principium lucis quod mare claudat item.
Tempus erit quo tu quia nunc excludis amātes
Frigidia disertè nocte iacebis anus.
Principium lucis quod mare claudat item.
Tempus erit quo tu quia nunc excludis amātes
Frigidia disertè nocte iacebis anus.
This token herein closed I sende as for my last farewel,
Tis Eglantine, which plainly shews where swete there soure lay.
My loue at first (most like the leaues) did giue a fragrant smell.
But now at last, tis like the prickes most hurtful bearing sway.
Yet as the prickes do yeelde no hurt,
Unlesse some one abuse the smell:
Tis Eglantine, which plainly shews where swete there soure lay.
My loue at first (most like the leaues) did giue a fragrant smell.
But now at last, tis like the prickes most hurtful bearing sway.
Yet as the prickes do yeelde no hurt,
Unlesse some one abuse the smell:
So had my last bene like my first,
If thou the first had vsed wel.
Hereafter set by none so light,
As I haue founde thee set by me:
Least they then doe as I do now,
Take of thy belles, and let thee flee.
If thou the first had vsed wel.
Hereafter set by none so light,
As I haue founde thee set by me:
Least they then doe as I do now,
Take of thy belles, and let thee flee.
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