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 |
UPON THE BLUSH OF A FAIRE LADIE |
The poetical works of William Strode | ||
UPON THE BLUSH OF A FAIRE LADIE
Stay lusty blood! where canst thou seekeSo blest a seat as in her cheeke?
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Whose beauty doth command desire?
But if thou wilt not stay, then flowe
Downe to her panting pappes belowe:
There take thou glory to distayne
With azure blewe each swelling veyne,
From thence run boyling through each part
Till thou hast warm'd her frozen hart,
Which, if from love thou find'st entire,
O martyr it with gentle fire.
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