Flamma sine Fumo or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns] |
Black Patches. |
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Black Patches.
Vanitas vanitatum.
Ladies turn Conjurers, and can impart
The hidden mystery of the Black-Art.
Black artificial patches do betray,
They more affect the works of night, than day.
The Creature strives the Creator to disgrace
By patching that, which is a perfect face:
A little stain upon the purest dye,
Is both offensive to the heart and eye;
Defile not then with spots that face of snow,
Where the wise God his workmanship doth show
The light of nature, and the light of grace,
Is the complexion for a Ladies face.
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