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A43379
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Occasional verses of Edward Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbery and Castle-Island deceased in August, 1648.; Poems. Selections
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Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648.
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Wing H1508; ESTC R2279
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be_v the_o sad_a non_fw-la ultra_fw-la of_o man_n bliss_n the_o back_n of_o this_o most_o precious_a frame_n hold_v up_o in_o majesty_n the_o same_o where_o to_o make_v music_n to_o all_o heart_n love_v bind_v the_o descant_n of_o her_o part_n though_o all_o this_o beauty_n temple_n be_v there_o be_v know_v within_o no_o deity_n save_o virtue_n shrine_v within_o her_o will_n as_o i_o begin_v so_o say_v i_o still_o i_o sing_v her_o worth_n and_o praise_n ay_o of_o who_o a_o poet_n can_v lie_v to_o her_o face_n fatal_a aspect_n that_o have_v a_o influence_n more_o powerful_a far_o than_o those_o immortal_a fire_n that_o but_o incline_v the_o will_n and_o move_v the_o sense_n which_o thou_o alone_o constra_v kindle_v desire_n of_o such_o a_o holy_a force_n as_o more_o inspire_v the_o soul_n with_o knowledge_n than_o experience_n or_o revelation_n can_v do_v with_o all_o their_o borrow_a help_n sacred_a astonishment_n sit_v on_o thy_o brow_n threaten_v a_o sudden_a fall_n to_o all_o those_o thought_n that_o be_v not_o low_o send_v in_o wonder_n and_o amaze_v dazzle_v that_o eye_n which_o on_o those_o mystery_n do_v rude_o gaze_v vow_v only_o unto_o love_n divinity_n sure_a adam_n sin_v not_o in_o that_o spotless_a face_n to_o her_o body_n regardful_a presence_n who_o fix_a majesty_n dart_n admiration_n on_o the_o gaze_a look_v that_o bring_v it_o not_o state_n sit_v enthrone_v in_o thou_o divulge_v forth_o her_o law_n in_o the_o fair_a book_n of_o thy_o commandment_n which_o none_o mistake_v that_o ever_o humble_o come_v therein_o to_o see_v their_o own_o unworthiness_n oh_o how_o can_v i_o enough_o admire_v that_o symmetry_n express_v in_o new_a proportion_n which_o do_v give_v the_o lie_n to_o that_o arithmetic_n which_o have_v profess_v all_o number_n to_o be_v she_o thy_o harmony_n come_v from_o the_o sphere_n and_o there_o do_v prove_v strange_a measure_n so_o well_o grace_v as_o majesty_n itself_o like_o thou_o will_v rest_v like_v thou_o will_v move_v to_o 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neither_o boast_v choice_n nor_o success_n as_o my_o case_n be_v nor_o get_v pardon_n from_o myself_o that_o i_o love_v not_o a_o better_a mistress_n or_o her_o worse_o this_o debt_n only'_v her_o due_a still_o that_o she_o be_v forget_v ere_o change_v lest_o i_o love_v none_o this_o do_v the_o taint_n of_o soul_n inconstancy_n be_v clear_v at_o least_o in_o i_o there_o only_o rest_v but_o to_o unpaint_v her_o form_n in_o my_o mind_n that_o so_o dispossess_v it_o be_v a_o temple_n but_o without_o a_o saint_n upon_o comb_v her_o hair_n break_v from_o under_o that_o thy_o cloudy_a veil_n open_v and_o shine_v yet_o more_o shine_v out_o more_o clear_a thou_o glorious_a golden-beam-darting_a hair_n even_o till_o my_o wonderstrucken_a sense_n fail_v shoot_v out_o in_o light_n and_o shine_v those_o ray_n on_o far_o thou_o much_o more_o fair_a than_o be_v the_o queen_n of_o love_n when_o she_o do_v comb_v she_o in_o her_o sphere_n above_o and_o from_o a_o planet_n turn_v a_o blazing-star_n 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most_o though_o he_o escape_v the_o war_n either_o from_o master_n to_o the_o man_n be_v lose_v or_o turn_v unto_o the_o carr_n or_o else_o must_v die_v with_o be_v ride_v post_n then_o lose_v not_o beauty_n lover_n time_n and_o all_o too_o late_o your_o fault_n you_o see_v when_o that_o in_o vain_a you_o will_v these_o day_n recall_v nor_o can_v you_o virtuous_a be_v when_o without_o these_o you_o have_v not_o wherewithal_o the_o state-progress_n of_o iii_o i_o say_v it_o be_v hard_a to_o write_v satyr_n though_o ill_o great'n_v in_o his_o long_a course_n and_o swell_v still_o be_v now_o like_a to_o a_o deluge_n yet_o as_o nile_n it_o be_v doubtful_a in_o his_o original_n this_o while_o we_o may_v thus_o much_o on_o either_o part_n presume_v that_o what_o so_o universal_a be_v must_v come_v from_o cause_n great_a and_o far_o now_o in_o this_o state_n of_o thing_n what_o be_v least_o like_a good_a man_n hate_v since_o it_o will_v be_v the_o less_o sin_n i_o do_v see_v some_o ill_o 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