Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
A Rapture upon Delia.
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
A Rapture upon Delia.
Could I but catch those Golden Rays
Which Phœbus at High Noon displays,
I'd set them on a Loom, and frame
A Scarf for Delia of the same.
Which Phœbus at High Noon displays,
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A Scarf for Delia of the same.
Could I that wondrous Black come near,
Which Cynthia, when she mourns, doth wear;
Of a new fashion I wold trace
A Mask thereof for Delia's face.
Which Cynthia, when she mourns, doth wear;
Of a new fashion I wold trace
A Mask thereof for Delia's face.
Could I but reach that Green and Blue,
Which Iris decks in such rare hue
From her moist Bow, I'd drag them down
To make my Delia a Summer-Gown.
Which Iris decks in such rare hue
From her moist Bow, I'd drag them down
To make my Delia a Summer-Gown.
Could I those Whitely Stars come nigh
Which makes the Milky-way in Sky,
I'd Poach them, and at Moon-shine dress,
To make my Delia a Hougou Mess.
Which makes the Milky-way in Sky,
I'd Poach them, and at Moon-shine dress,
To make my Delia a Hougou Mess.
Thus would I diet, thus attire
My Delia Queen of Hearts and Fire:
She shold have ev'ry thing Divine,
What might befit a Seraphine.
My Delia Queen of Hearts and Fire:
She shold have ev'ry thing Divine,
What might befit a Seraphine.
And 'cause ungirt unblest we often find,
One of the lesser Zones her Waste shold bind.
One of the lesser Zones her Waste shold bind.
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