Minerva Britanna Or A Garden of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures, Newly devised, moralized, and published, By Henry Peacham |
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TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE robert, EARLE OF salisbvrie AND LORD HIGH TREASORER OF england &c. |
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TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE robert, EARLE OF salisbvrie AND LORD HIGH TREASORER OF england &c.
Th' Arabian Phoenix heere, of golden plumes,
And bicie brest, vpon a sacred pile
Of sweetest odors, thus himselfe consumes;
By force of Phoebvs fiery beames, the while,
From foorth the ashes of the former dead,
A faire, or fairer, by and by is bred.
And bicie brest, vpon a sacred pile
Of sweetest odors, thus himselfe consumes;
By force of Phoebvs fiery beames, the while,
From foorth the ashes of the former dead,
A faire, or fairer, by and by is bred.
You, you (Great Lord) this wondrous Phoenix are,
Who wast your selfe in Zeale, and whot desire,
Of Countries good, till in the end your care
Shall worke your end, as doth this Phoenix fire.
But while you are consuming in the same,
You breede a second, your immortall Fame.
Who wast your selfe in Zeale, and whot desire,
Of Countries good, till in the end your care
Shall worke your end, as doth this Phoenix fire.
But while you are consuming in the same,
You breede a second, your immortall Fame.
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