Greene in Conceipt New raised from his graue to write the Tragique Historie of faire Valeria of London. Wherein is Trvly Discovered the rare and lamentable issue of a Husbands dotage, a wiues leudnesse, & childrens disobedience. Receiued and reported by I. D. [i.e. John Dickenson] |
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Let others vse what Calenders they please,
And celebrate their common holidayes;
My rules for time, my times of ioy and ease
Shall in my zeale blaze thy perfections praise:
Their names & worth they frō thy worth shal take,
And highly all be honoured for thy sake.
And celebrate their common holidayes;
My rules for time, my times of ioy and ease
Shall in my zeale blaze thy perfections praise:
Their names & worth they frō thy worth shal take,
And highly all be honoured for thy sake.
That day shall to my thoughts still holy be,
Which first vouchsafde thy beautie to mine eyes;
That day when first thou deigndst to fauour me,
And each from some peculiar grace arise:
But mongst them all, my dutie shall attend
This more then all, on which they all depend.
Which first vouchsafde thy beautie to mine eyes;
That day when first thou deigndst to fauour me,
And each from some peculiar grace arise:
But mongst them all, my dutie shall attend
This more then all, on which they all depend.
Haile happie day, to whome the world doth owe
The blissefull issue of that influence,
Which from the force of best aspects did growe,
In luckiest house of heau'ns circumference:
Haile happie day that first didst shewe this aire,
To her whom Fairenes self doth yeeld more faire.
The blissefull issue of that influence,
Which from the force of best aspects did growe,
In luckiest house of heau'ns circumference:
Haile happie day that first didst shewe this aire,
To her whom Fairenes self doth yeeld more faire.
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Nere be thy brightnes dimd by wind or raine;
No cloud on thee forestall Hyperions light;
On thee no doome pronounc'd of death or paine;
No death or paine endurde; no bloudie fight:
But be thou peacefull, calme, and cleare for aye;
Let feasts and triumphes choose thee for their day.
No cloud on thee forestall Hyperions light;
On thee no doome pronounc'd of death or paine;
No death or paine endurde; no bloudie fight:
But be thou peacefull, calme, and cleare for aye;
Let feasts and triumphes choose thee for their day.
On thee I vowe to rest from all affaires,
To giue large almes to poore distressed men;
Not to profane thy ioy by fretting cares;
To send my saint some tribute of my pen;
And when thou dawn'st, deuoutly still to say,
Haile happie, holy, high, and heau'nly day.
To giue large almes to poore distressed men;
Not to profane thy ioy by fretting cares;
To send my saint some tribute of my pen;
And when thou dawn'st, deuoutly still to say,
Haile happie, holy, high, and heau'nly day.
Such and so long may be to me her loue,
As Ile this vow religiously maintaine;
So may my plaints her heart to pittie mooue,
As from my heart I speake: let false hearts faine.
Haile happie day; but then how happie shee,
Who makes this day thus happie vnto me!
As Ile this vow religiously maintaine;
So may my plaints her heart to pittie mooue,
As from my heart I speake: let false hearts faine.
Haile happie day; but then how happie shee,
Who makes this day thus happie vnto me!
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