Poems, and phancies written By the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, And Excellent Princess The Lady Marchioness of Newcastle [i.e. Margaret Cavendish]. The Second Impression, much Altered and Corrected |
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Of a Wrought Carpet, presented to the View of Working Ladies.
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Of a Wrought Carpet, presented to the View of Working Ladies.
The Spring doth Spin fine Grass-green Silk, of whichWas Wov'n a Carpet, like the Persian, Rich;
And all about the Borders there were spread
Clusters of Grapes, mix'd Green, Blew, White and Red;
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Were curious Wrought, divulging all their Rapes;
And all the Ground was strew'd with Flowers, so
As if by Nature Set, they there did Grow;
Those Figures all like Sculptures did bear out,
Whether they lay on Flat many did doubt;
There Light and Dark all Intermixt was laid
For Shady Groves, where Priests devoutly Pray'd;
The Fruits hung so, as did Invite the Taste,
Small Birds with Picking seem'd to make a waste;
The Ground was wrought like Threads drawn from the Sun,
Which Shin'd so Blazing as a Fired Gun:
This Piece the Pattern is of Artfull Skil;
Art th'Imitator is of Nature still.
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