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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In salo sine sale.
To the Hon: and most worthy Ladie, E: L:
The frendly Dolphin, while within the maine,
At libertie delightes, to sport and play,
Himselfe is fresh, and doth no whit retaine
The brinish saltnes of the boundles Sea
Wherein he liues. Such is the secret skill,
Of Nature working, all thinges at her will.
At libertie delightes, to sport and play,
Himselfe is fresh, and doth no whit retaine
The brinish saltnes of the boundles Sea
Wherein he liues. Such is the secret skill,
Of Nature working, all thinges at her will.
So you great Ladie, who your time haue spent,
Within that place, where daungers oft abound,
Remaine vntainted of your Element,
And to your praise; yet keepe your honor sound
Diana-like, whose brightnes did excell,
When many starres, within your climate fell.
Within that place, where daungers oft abound,
Remaine vntainted of your Element,
And to your praise; yet keepe your honor sound
Diana-like, whose brightnes did excell,
When many starres, within your climate fell.
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