Diella Certaine Sonnets, adioyned to the amorous Poeme of Dom Diego and Gineura |
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Sonnet III.
[Swift-footed Time, looke back & here mark well]
Swift-footed Time, looke back & here mark wellthose rare-shapt parts my pen shal now declare:
My mistres snow-white skinne doth much excell
the pure-soft woll Arcadyan sheepe doe beare;
Her hayre exceedes gold forc'd in smallest wyre,
in smaller threds then those Arachne spun;
Her eyes are christall fountaines, yet dart fire,
more glorious to behold then Mid-day sun;
Her Iuory front, (though soft as purest silke)
lookes like the table of Olympick Ioue,
Her cheekes are like ripe cherries layd in milke,
her Alablaster neck the throne of Loue;
Her other parts so farre excell the rest,
That wanting words, they cannot be exprest.
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