Rosamond
was in a bower
Kept, as Danae in a tower:
But yet Love, who subtle is,
Crept to that, and came to this.
Kept, as Danae in a tower:
But yet Love, who subtle is,
Crept to that, and came to this.
Robert Herrick
A little moth
Late fatten'd in a piece of cloth:
With withered cherries, mandrakes' ears,
Moles' eyes; to these the slain stag's tears
The unctuous dewlaps of a snail,
The broke-heart of a nightingale
O'ercome in music; with a wine
Ne'er ravish'd from the flattering vine,
But gently press'd from the soft side
Of the most sweet and dainty bride,
Brought in a dainty daisy, which
He fully quaffs up to bewitch
His blood to height; this done, commended
Grace by his priest; _the feast is ended_.
_Sagg_, laden.
_Bestrutted_, swollen.
294. EVENT OF THINGS NOT IN OUR POWER.
By time and counsel do the best we can,
Th' event is never in the power of man.
295. UPON HER BLUSH.
When Julia blushes she does show
Cheeks like to roses when they blow.
296. MERITS MAKE THE MAN.
Our honours and our commendations be
Due to the merits, not authority.
297. TO VIRGINS.
Hear, ye virgins, and I'll teach
What the times of old did preach.
Rosamond was in a bower
Kept, as Danae in a tower:
But yet Love, who subtle is,
Crept to that, and came to this.
Be ye lock'd up like to these,
Or the rich Hesperides,
Or those babies in your eyes,
In their crystal nunneries;
Notwithstanding Love will win,
Or else force a passage in:
And as coy be as you can,
Gifts will get ye, or the man.
_Babies in your eyes_, see Note to p. 17.
298. VIRTUE.
Each must in virtue strive for to excel;
_That man lives twice that lives the first life well_.
299. THE BELLMAN.
From noise of scare-fires rest ye free,
From murders _Benedicite_.
From all mischances that may fright
Your pleasing slumbers in the night,
Mercy secure ye all, and keep
The goblin from ye while ye sleep.
Past one o'clock, and almost two!
My masters all, good-day to you.
_Scare-fires_, alarms of fire.
300. BASHFULNESS.
Late fatten'd in a piece of cloth:
With withered cherries, mandrakes' ears,
Moles' eyes; to these the slain stag's tears
The unctuous dewlaps of a snail,
The broke-heart of a nightingale
O'ercome in music; with a wine
Ne'er ravish'd from the flattering vine,
But gently press'd from the soft side
Of the most sweet and dainty bride,
Brought in a dainty daisy, which
He fully quaffs up to bewitch
His blood to height; this done, commended
Grace by his priest; _the feast is ended_.
_Sagg_, laden.
_Bestrutted_, swollen.
294. EVENT OF THINGS NOT IN OUR POWER.
By time and counsel do the best we can,
Th' event is never in the power of man.
295. UPON HER BLUSH.
When Julia blushes she does show
Cheeks like to roses when they blow.
296. MERITS MAKE THE MAN.
Our honours and our commendations be
Due to the merits, not authority.
297. TO VIRGINS.
Hear, ye virgins, and I'll teach
What the times of old did preach.
Rosamond was in a bower
Kept, as Danae in a tower:
But yet Love, who subtle is,
Crept to that, and came to this.
Be ye lock'd up like to these,
Or the rich Hesperides,
Or those babies in your eyes,
In their crystal nunneries;
Notwithstanding Love will win,
Or else force a passage in:
And as coy be as you can,
Gifts will get ye, or the man.
_Babies in your eyes_, see Note to p. 17.
298. VIRTUE.
Each must in virtue strive for to excel;
_That man lives twice that lives the first life well_.
299. THE BELLMAN.
From noise of scare-fires rest ye free,
From murders _Benedicite_.
From all mischances that may fright
Your pleasing slumbers in the night,
Mercy secure ye all, and keep
The goblin from ye while ye sleep.
Past one o'clock, and almost two!
My masters all, good-day to you.
_Scare-fires_, alarms of fire.
300. BASHFULNESS.
