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 |
A SUPERSCRIPTION ON SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S ARCADIA, SENT FOR A TOKEN |
The poetical works of William Strode | ||
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A SUPERSCRIPTION ON SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S ARCADIA, SENT FOR A TOKEN
Whatever in Philoclea the fairOr the discreet Pamela figur'd are,
Change but the name the virtues are your owne,
And for a fiction there a truth is knowne:
If any service here perform'd you see,
If duty and affection paynted bee
Within these leaves: may you be pleas'd to know
They only shadow what I truly owe
To your desart: thus I a glasse have sent
Which both myself and you doth represent.
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