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Life is the body’s light; which, once declining,
Those counter-changed tabbies in the air,The sun once set, all of one colour are:So, when death comes, fresh tinctures lose their place,And dismal darkness then doth smutch the face.
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee,
And the elves also,Whose little eyes glowLike the sparks of fire, befriend thee.No Will-o’-th’-Wisp mis-light thee,Nor snake or slow-worm bite thee;But on, on thy way,Not making a stay,Since ghost there’s none to affright thee.Let not the dark thee cumber;What though the moon does slumber?The stars of the nightWill lend thee their light,Like tapers clear without…
Immortal clothing I put on
To mine eternal mansion.Thou, thou art here, to human sightClothed all with incorrupted light;–But yet how more admir’dly brightWilt thou appear, when thou art setIn thy refulgent thronelet,That shin’st thus in thy counterfeit!
IN the hour of my distress,
And when I my sins confess,Sweet Spirit, comfort me!When I lie within my bed,Sick in heart and sick in head,And with doubts discomforted,Sweet Spirit, comfort me!When the house doth sigh and weep,And the world is drown’d in sleep,Yet mine eyes the watch do keep,Sweet Spirit, comfort me!When the passing bell doth toll,And the Furies in…
Here we securely live, and eat
And keep eternal fires,By which we sit, and do divine,As wineAnd rage inspires.If full, we charm; then call uponAnacreonTo grace the frantic Thyrse:And having drunk, we raise a shoutThroughout,To praise his verse.Then cause we Horace to be read,Which sung or said,A goblet, to the brim,Of lyric wine, both swell’d and crown’d,AroundWe quaff to him.Thus, thus…
How rich and pleasing thou, my Julia, art,
First, for thy Queen-ship on thy head is setOf flowers a sweet commingled coronet;About thy neck a carkanet is bound,Made of the Ruby, Pearl, and Diamond;A golden ring, that shines upon thy thumb;About thy wrist the rich Dardanium;Between thy breasts, than down of swans more white,There plays the Sapphire with the Chrysolite.No part besides must…