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English lyrics from Spenser to Milton, intr. by J. Dennis
English lyrics from Spenser to Milton intr by J Dennis Author:John Dennis Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: HYMN DIANA Queen and Huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep : Hesperus ent... more »reats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose ; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close : Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal-shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever : Thou that mak'st a day of night,- Goddess excellently bright. TO CELIA B. JONSON DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I '11 not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be; But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it back to me ; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself but thee ! T. CAMPION Come, O come, my life's delight, Let me not in languor pine ! Love loves no delay ; thy sight The more enjoyed, the more divine : O come, and take from me The pain of being deprived of thee ! Thou all sweetness dost enclose, Like a little world of bliss ; Beauty guards thy looks, the rose In them pure and eternal is: Come, then, and make thy flight As swift to me as heavenly light! SONNET W. DRUMMOND Alexis, here she stayed ; among these pines, Sweet hermitress, she did alone repair; Here did she spread the treasure of her hair, More rich than that brought from the Colchian mines. She...« less