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Or, The Passionate Shepheard: With sundry delightfull, and no lesse Passionate Sonnets: describing the passions of a discontented and perplexed Lover. Diuers compositions of verses concording as well with the Lyricke, as the Anacreonticke measures; neuer before published: Being reduced into an exact and distinct order of Metricall extractions [by Richard Brathwait]

Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)

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TO THE RIGHT VVORTHIE GENTLEMAN MASTER WILLIAM ASCHAM REPLENISHED WITH THE BOVNTIES OF Art and Nature.

Vpon the illustrate Prince Henrie, the Authors long meditated teares: Draigned from a fresh renewing spring euer distilling: Some whereof the passionate Elegiake offers to His neuer dying monument.

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In poesem Encomion.

To Dorinda, successiue Nuptials.

Astræas farewell to Dorinda.

To Eliza, a pastorall Hymne.

Elizaes mariage day with all Romane celebritie solemnised: with the Muses salutes, and Graces seuerall gifts.

A description of the Morne.

The pensiue thoughts of Gastilio, in Sapphycks.

A Threnode occasioned vpon the Authors discontent: in that he loues yet cannot be respected: with a continued Hymne or Acrosticke sonnet best sorting with his amorous passion.

The poets legacie to his admired Eliza: deuoted and bequested to her chastest thoughts.

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Artem quitractant Musicam, hæc legant, & Poesem ament.