Il Pastor Fido, The faithfull Shepherd A Pastorall Written in Italian by Baptista Guarini ... |
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Corisca.Empale ye triumph-decking Lawrell boughs,
Empale my glorious and victorious brows.
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This day I came, I saw, I overcame:
This day hath Heav'n and Earth, Nature and Art,
Fortune and Fate, Friend and Foe ta'ne my part.
Ev'n that base Satyr who abhorres me so
Hath helpt me too, as if he too did go
Some share with me. How much more happily
Did fortune bring Mirtillo in, then I
Contriv'd to have brought Coridon? to make
Her crime more show of likelihood to take?
And though Mirtillo's apprehended too,
That matters not; they soon will let him go:
Th'Adultresse onely payes the penaltie.
O famous triumph! Solemn victorie!
If lying may deserve a trophie, I
Deserve a trophie for my amorous lye;
Which from this tongue and bosome hath done more
For me then Love with all his charms before.
But this is not a time to talk: Withdraw
Thy self Corisca, till the doom of Law
Fall on thy Rivals head, for fear that she
T'excuse her self, should lay the blame on thee.
Or that the Priest himself should wish to know
What thou canst say, before he give the blow.
“When a mine springs, 'tis good to stand aloof;
“A lying tongue requires a flying hoof.
I'le hide me in those woods, and there will make
Some stay, till it be time to come and take
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Beyond all thought. Successe hath crown'd my wit.
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