Pancharis The first Booke. Containing The Preparation of the Loue betweene Ovven Tvdyr, and the Qveene, Long since intended to her Maiden Maiestie: And now dedicated to The Invincible Iames, Second and greater Monarch of great Britaine, King of England Scotland, France, and Ireland, with the Islands adiacent [by Hugh Holland] |
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Anacreontickes.
Scarse 'till now hath England seenA Poëm, but of verses store;
Here an vnenforced green
Hath natiue flowres, which heretofore
Had, at most, well painted been,
As was the season which them bore:
Arts each Venus that doth shine
In antient Poësie, heer more.
Holland, this first birth of thine
Put forth imperfect, stands before
The finished, and shall in fine
Somewhat be new for worlds t'adore:
Cynthivs (as we diuine)
And the Mvses, and the Graces,
And their Qveene, by thee refine
Bastard Songs, whose common bases
Were but words, that Katharine
Beautie equall to her faces
Might enioy. Here then vnhard
A Princely Love, and learned Bard.
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