Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd By I. T. [i.e. John Tatham] |
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To a Mistresse that thinks the sight without other enjoyment is Love sufficient.
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To a Mistresse that thinks the sight without other enjoyment is Love sufficient.
If thou intend'st onely to try
the silent Courtship of the eye,
Without the sense of what is Good,
which by Loves fires are understood,
Command those Cupids to retire,
Whose Darts are headed with Desire.
the silent Courtship of the eye,
Without the sense of what is Good,
which by Loves fires are understood,
Command those Cupids to retire,
Whose Darts are headed with Desire.
Forbid the Vnion of our Hands,
each Amorous touch a heat commands:
Forbid our Lips to meet and melt,
where the pure Sense of Love is felt;
Forbid thy Tongue to whisper love,
That very word hath power to move.
each Amorous touch a heat commands:
Forbid our Lips to meet and melt,
where the pure Sense of Love is felt;
Forbid thy Tongue to whisper love,
That very word hath power to move.
Whose ardent Breath infused, can
raise Courage in a dying Man;
And through each Vein fresh heat restore,
that had been scar'd with cold before:
So from thy Air such Vigour came,
It curl'd my Heart into a Flame.
raise Courage in a dying Man;
And through each Vein fresh heat restore,
that had been scar'd with cold before:
So from thy Air such Vigour came,
It curl'd my Heart into a Flame.
Forbid thy Cheeks to shew their Spring;
forbid thy Nightingale to sing;
Forbid thy All and ev'ry part,
to shew so much their Mistress Art:
For 'less thou keep'st those Baits within,
They'l tempt an Anchorite to sin.
forbid thy Nightingale to sing;
Forbid thy All and ev'ry part,
to shew so much their Mistress Art:
For 'less thou keep'st those Baits within,
They'l tempt an Anchorite to sin.
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Yet should those Excellencies be
depriv'd their proper use in thee,
Men would be apt their Faiths to pawn;
th'art but a Picture lively drawn,
On which each rude presumptuous eye
Admiring, feasts as well as I.
depriv'd their proper use in thee,
Men would be apt their Faiths to pawn;
th'art but a Picture lively drawn,
On which each rude presumptuous eye
Admiring, feasts as well as I.
So I confesse my flames may end,
and thou, a Shaddow, lose thy Friend:
Unless my Fancy raise Conceit,
thou art my Mistress Counterfeit.
And so surveying each fair part,
I paint her Figure in my Heart.
and thou, a Shaddow, lose thy Friend:
Unless my Fancy raise Conceit,
thou art my Mistress Counterfeit.
And so surveying each fair part,
I paint her Figure in my Heart.
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