Ouids Banquet of Sence A Coronet for his Mistresse Philosophie, and his amorous Zodiacke. With a translation of a Latine coppie, written by a Fryer, Anno Dom.[by George Chapman] 1400 |
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I. D. of the middle Temple.
Onely that eye which for true loue doth weepe,Onely that hart which tender loue doth pierse,
May read and vnderstand this sacred vierse
For other wits too misticall and deepe:
Betweene these hallowed leaues Cupid dooth keepe
The golden lesson of his second Artist,
For loue, till now, hath still a Maister mist
Since Ouids eyes were closd with iron sleepe;
But now his waking soule in Chapman liues,
Which showes so well the passions of his soule,
And yet this Muse more cause of wonder giues,
And doth more Prophet-like loues art enroule:
For Ouids soule, now growne more old and wise,
Poures foorth it selfe in deeper misteries.
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