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 |
ON A GENTLEWOMAN THAT HAD HAD THE SMALL POXE |
The poetical works of William Strode | ||
ON A GENTLEWOMAN THAT HAD HAD THE SMALL POXE
A Beauty smoother than the Ivory playneLate by the Poxe injuriously was slayne:
Twas not the Poxe: Love shott a thousand darts,
And made those pitts for graves to bury hearts:
But since that Beauty hath regaynde her light,
Those hearts are double slayne, it shines so bright.
The poetical works of William Strode | ||