The poetical works of William Strode ... Now first collected from manuscript and printed sources: to which is added: The floating island a tragi-comedy: Now first reprinted from the original edition of 1655: Edited by Bertram Dobell with a memoir of the author |
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ON ALMA'S VOYCE |
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ON ALMA'S VOYCE
What magick art
Compells my soul to fly away,
And leave desart
My poor composed trunk of clay?
Strange violence! thus pleasingly to teare
The soul forth of the body by the eare.
Compells my soul to fly away,
And leave desart
My poor composed trunk of clay?
Strange violence! thus pleasingly to teare
The soul forth of the body by the eare.
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When Alma sings
The pretty chanters of the skie
Doe droop their wings
As in disgrace they meant to die,
Because their tunes which were before so rare
Compar'd to hers doe but distract the air.
The pretty chanters of the skie
Doe droop their wings
As in disgrace they meant to die,
Because their tunes which were before so rare
Compar'd to hers doe but distract the air.
Each sensitive
In emulation proudly stands,
Striving to thrive
Under the bliss of her commands,
Whose charming voyce doth bears & tigers tame,
And teach the sphears new melodies to frame.
In emulation proudly stands,
Striving to thrive
Under the bliss of her commands,
Whose charming voyce doth bears & tigers tame,
And teach the sphears new melodies to frame.
The Angells all
(Astonisht at her heavenly air)
Would sudden fall
From cold amazement to dispaire,
But that by nimble theft they all conspire
To steal her hence for to enrich their quire.
(Astonisht at her heavenly air)
Would sudden fall
From cold amazement to dispaire,
But that by nimble theft they all conspire
To steal her hence for to enrich their quire.
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