Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick Six books, also the Socratic Session, or the Arraignment and Conviction, of Julius Scaliger, with other Select Poems. By S. Sheppard |
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Epig. 5. To Clarissa
What though thy eyes(Clarissa) do surprize
My yeelding heart,
Tis in the power of Art,
Alcon concludes for me
To quit this Lunacie:
What words can cheare
The wounded Deare
The Herbe being gone
Hee'd nibble on?
I burne, I burne,
I mourne, I mourne,
My selfe I tyre
In yce and fire,
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Her gesture brave,
Pallas her skill
Unto thy will,
Venus her Ceston,
Yet my blest one,
Faire Hellens pride
But terrifide
Her self at last
Her splendour past.
And Anaxerete
Mourns Iphys bitterly,
And Lydia plaines
In ruthfull paines,
With much rebuke
The Frizland Duke;
Thy lovely face
Can find no grace
With Charon in his Boate;
'Mongst others thou must floate:
To him all are
Alike, the foule as faire,
Prithee assent,
In Hell ther's punishment
For those, who love to try
Their lovers till they die:
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Ere this had fil'd their Urn;
The Gorgons howling there
At first were Maydens faire,
From love they were estrang'd,
Therefore to Haggs were chang'd,
So bright their beauty shone
They turnd all men to stone,
That is the power of Cupid
Made them dull and stupid,
But no reliefe would they
Afford for to allay
A Lovers passion,
Therefore in uncouth fashion
Their once faire tresses
A Snake-haird front expresses:
But the Babylonion Maid ,
And Hero who obeyd
Him of Abydos , Semele
Calistho, and faire Ariadne,
By power Divine
Bright Constellations shine.
Yeild, and Ile out-play
Him of Venusia ,
Striking mute
The Alcian Lute,
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The sad Ephesian
In mirth for to delight
Beyond the Abderite :
It is in me
To give Eternitie
Unto thy Name,
Or else to blast the same:
All that I crave
Is Love, for Love to have.
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