Every thing does seem to vie
Which should first attract thine eye :
But since none deserves that grace,
In this crystal view thy face.
Which should first attract thine eye :
But since none deserves that grace,
In this crystal view thy face.
Marvell - Poems
Where the souls of fruits and flowers.
Stand prepared to heighten yours.
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SOUL.
I sup above, and cannot stay,
To bait so long upon the way.
PLEASURE.
On these downy pillows lie,
Whose soft plumes will thither fly :
On these roses, strewed so plain
Lest one leaf thy side should strain.
80UL.
My gentler rest is on a thought,
Conscious of doing what I ought.
PLEASURE.
If thou be*st with perfumes pleased,
Such as ofl the gods appeased,
Thou in fragrant clouds shalt show.
Like another god below.
SOUL.
A soul that knows not to presume.
Is Heaven's, and its own, perfume.
PLEASURE.
Every thing does seem to vie
Which should first attract thine eye :
But since none deserves that grace,
In this crystal view thy face.
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SOUL.
When the Creator's skill is prized,
The rest is all but earth disguised.
PLEASURE.
Hark how music then prepares
For thy stay these charming airs,
Which the posting winds recall,
And suspend the river's fall.
SOUL.
Had I but any time to lose,
On thb I would it all dispose.
Cease tempter ! None can chain a mind,
Whom this sweet cordage ainnot bind.
CHORUS.
Earth cannot show so brave a sight,
As when a single soul does fence
The battery of alluring sense.
And Heaven views it with delight.
Then persevere ; for still new charges sound,
And if thou overcom*st thou shalt be crowned.
PLEASURE.
All that's costly, fair, and sweet,
Which scatteringly doth shine.
