Amanda A Sacrifice To an Unknown Goddesse, or, A Free-Will Offering Of a loving Heart to a Sweet-Heart. By N. H. [i.e. Nicholas Hookes] |
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To Amanda desirous to go to bed.
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To Amanda desirous to go to bed.
Sleepie, my Dear? yes, yes, I see
Morpheus is fall'n in love with thee,
Morpheus, my worst of rivals, tries
To draw the Curtains of thine eyes;
And fanns them with his wing asleep,
Makes drowsie love play at bopeep;
How prettily his feathers blow,
Those fleshie shuttings to and fro!
Oh how he makes me Tantalize
With those faire Apples of thine eyes!
Equivocates and cheats me still,
Opening and shutting at his will;
Now both now one, the doting god
Playes with thine eyes at even and odde;
My stamm'ring tongue doubts which it might
Bid thee good-morrow or good-night;
So thy eyes twinkle brighter farre,
Then the bright trembling, ev'ning starre;
So a waxe taper burnt within
The socket playes at out and in:
Morpheus is fall'n in love with thee,
Morpheus, my worst of rivals, tries
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And fanns them with his wing asleep,
Makes drowsie love play at bopeep;
How prettily his feathers blow,
Those fleshie shuttings to and fro!
Oh how he makes me Tantalize
With those faire Apples of thine eyes!
Equivocates and cheats me still,
Opening and shutting at his will;
Now both now one, the doting god
Playes with thine eyes at even and odde;
My stamm'ring tongue doubts which it might
Bid thee good-morrow or good-night;
So thy eyes twinkle brighter farre,
Then the bright trembling, ev'ning starre;
So a waxe taper burnt within
The socket playes at out and in:
Thus doth Morpheus court thine eye,
Meaning there all night to lie;
Cupid and he play hoop-all hid,
Thy eye's their bed and cover-lid;
Meaning there all night to lie;
Cupid and he play hoop-all hid,
Thy eye's their bed and cover-lid;
Fairest, let me thy night-clothes aire,
Come I'le unlace thy stomacher;
Make me thy maiden-chamber-man,
Or let me be thy warming-pan;
Oh that I may but lay my head
At thy beds feet i'th' trundle-bed;
Then i'th' morning e're I rose
I'd kisse thy pretty pettitoes.
Those smaller feet, with which i'th' day
My love so neatly trips away:
Come I'le unlace thy stomacher;
Make me thy maiden-chamber-man,
Or let me be thy warming-pan;
Oh that I may but lay my head
At thy beds feet i'th' trundle-bed;
Then i'th' morning e're I rose
I'd kisse thy pretty pettitoes.
Those smaller feet, with which i'th' day
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Since you I must not wait upon,
Most modest Lady, I'le be gone,
And though I cannot sleep with thee,
Oh may my dearest dream of me,
All the night long dream that we move
To the main centre of our love;
And if I chance to dream of thee,
Oh may I dream eternallie:
Dream that we freely act and play,
Those postures which we dream by day,
Spending our thoughts i th' best delight.
Chaste dreams allow of in the night.
Most modest Lady, I'le be gone,
And though I cannot sleep with thee,
Oh may my dearest dream of me,
All the night long dream that we move
To the main centre of our love;
And if I chance to dream of thee,
Oh may I dream eternallie:
Dream that we freely act and play,
Those postures which we dream by day,
Spending our thoughts i th' best delight.
Chaste dreams allow of in the night.
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