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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15635	Epithalamia: or Nuptiall poems vpon the most blessed and happie mariage betweene the high and mightie Prince Frederick the fifth, Count Palatine of the Rhein, Duke of Bauier, &c. and the most vertuous, gracious and thrice excellent Princesse, Elizabeth, sole daughter to our dread Soueraigne, Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. Celebrated at White-hall the fourteenth of Februarie, 1612. Written by George Wither.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1613 (1613)	STC 25901; ESTC S119958	10,392	34

master of my owne desire Am hither come with others to admire I am not of these Heliconian wits Whose pleasing straines the Courts know humor fits But a poore rurall Sheapheard that for need Can make sheepe Musique on an Oaten reed Yet for my loue Ile this be bold to boast It is as much to you as his that 's most Which since I no way els can now explaine If you 'l in midst of all these glories daigne To lend your eares vnto my Muse so long She shall declare it in a wedding song EPITHALAMION VALENTINE good morrow to thee Good I wish though none I doe thee I would waite vpon thy pleasure But I cannot be at leasure For I owe this day as debter To a thousand times thy better Hymen now will haue effected What hath been so long expected Thame thy Mistris now vnwedded Soone must with a Prince be bedded If thou 'lt see her Virgin euer Come and do it now or neuer Where art thou oh faire Aurora Call in Uer and Lady Flora. And you daughters of the Morning In your neat'st and feat'st adorning Cleare your fore-heads and be sprightfull That this day may seeme delightfull All you Nimphs that vse the Mountaines Or delight in groues and fountaines Shepheardesses you that dally Either vpon Hill or vally And you daughters of the Bower That acknowledge Vestaes power Oh you sleep too long awake yee See how Time doth ouertake yee Hark the Lark is vp and singeth And the house with ecchoes ringeth Pretious howers why neglect yee Whil'st affaires thus expect yee Come away vpon my blessing The bride-chamber lies to dressing Strow the waies with leaues of Roses Some make garlands some make poses T' is a fauor and 't may ioy you That your Mistris will employ you Where 's Sabrina with her daughters That do sport about her waters Those that with their locks of Amber Haunt the fruitfull hills of Camber We must haue to fill the number All the Nimphs of Trent and Humber Fie your hast is scarce sufficing For the Bride 's awake and rising Enter beauties and attend her All your helps and seruice lend her With your quaint'st and new'st deuises Trim your Lady faire Thamisis See shee 's ready with Ioyes greet her Lads go bid the Brid-groome meet her But from rash approach aduise him Least a too much Ioy surprize him None I ere knew yet that dared View an Angell vnprepared Now vnto the Church she hies her Enuy bursts if shee espies her In her gestures as she paces Are vnited all the Graces Which who sees and hath his senses Loues inspight of all defences Oh most true maiestick creature Nobles did you note her feature Felt you not an inward motion Tempting Loue to yeeld deuotion And as you were eu'n desiring Something check you for aspiring That 's hir Ueriue which still tameth Loose desires and bad thoughts blameth For whilst others were vnruly She obseru'd Diana truly And hath by that meanes obteyned Guifts of her that none haue gained Yon 's the Bridgrome d' yee not spy him See how all the Ladies eye him Venus his perfection findeth And no more Adonis mindeth Much of him my Hart deuineth On whose brow all Vertue shineth Two such Creatures Nature would not Let one place long keep she should not One shee 'le haue she cares not whether But our Loues can spare her neither Therefore ere we 'le so be spighted They in one shall be vnited Natures selfe is well contented By that meanes to be preuented And behold they are retired So conioyn'd as we desired Hand in hand not only fixed But their harts are intermixed Happy they and we that see it For the good of Europe be it And heare Heauen my deuotion Make this Rhyne and Thame an Ocean That it may with might and wonder Whelme the pride of * Tyber vnder Now yon * Hall their persons shroudeth Whither all this people crowdeth There they feasted are with plentie Sweet Ambrosia is no deinty Groomes quaff Nectar for there 's meeter Yea more costly wines and sweeter Young men all for ioy go ring yee And your merriest Carolls sing yee Here 's of Dam'zells many choices Let them tune their sweetest voices Fet the Muses too to cheare them They can rauish all that heare them Ladyes t' is their Highnesse pleasures For to see you foot the Measures Louely gestures addeth graces To your bright and Angell faces Giue your actiue minds the bridle Nothing worse then to be●dle UUorthies your affaires forbeare yee For the State a while may spare yee Time was that you loued sporting Haue you quite forgot your Courting Ioy the hart of Cares be guileth Once a yeare Apollo smileth Fellow shepheards how I pray you Can your flocks at this time stay you Let vs also hie vs thither Le ts lay all our witts together And some Pastorall inuent them For to show the loue we ment them I my selfe though meanest stated And in Court now almost hated Will knit vp my Scourge and venter In the midst of them to enter For I know ther 's no disdaining Where I looke for entertaining See me thinks the very season As if capable of Reason Hath laine by her natiue rigor The faire Sunbeames haue more vigor They are Aeols most endeared For the Ayre 's stilld and cleared Fawnes and lambs and kidds do play In the honor of this day The shrill Blacke-bird and the Thrushe Hops about in euery bush And among the tender twiggs Chaunt their sweet harmonious ijgs. Yea and mou'd by this example They doe make each Groue a temple Where their time the best way vsing They their Summer loues are chusing And vnles some Churle do wrong them There 's not an od bird among them Yet I heard as I was walking Groues and hills by Ecchoes talking Reeds vnto the small brooks whistling Whilst they danc't with pretty rushling Then for vs to sleep t were pitty Since dumb creatures are so witty But oh Titan thou dost dally Hie thee to thy Uesterne vally Let this night one hower borrow Shee shall pay 't againe to morrow And if thou 'lt that fauor do them Send thy sister Phaebe to them But shee 's come her selfe vnasked And brings * God 's and Heroes masked None yet saw or heard in story Such immortall mortall glorie View not without preparation Least you faint in admiration Say my Lords and speak truth barely Mou'd they not exceeding rarely Did they not such praises merit As if flesh had all bin spirit True indeed yet I must tell them There was One did far excell them But alas this is ill dealing Night vnwares away is stealing Their delay the poore bed wrongeth That for Bride with Bride groome longeth And aboue all other places Must be blest with their embraces Reuellers then now forbeare yee And vnto your rests prepare yee Let 's a while your absence borrow Sleep to night and dance to