Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus Montague, 1740-1778, Ryland, John, 1732-1792, Wilson, Robert, A. M · London : Printed at the Milton Press, Chandos Street, Strand, by John Nichols ; John Bennet, no. 4, Three Tun Passage, 25 & 26, Newgate Street · leaf 135
r lustful god performed a rape,And (fearing Argus eyes) would scapeThe view of jealous Earth, in this prodigious shape Where be those rosy cheeks, that lately scornd The malice of injurious fates ?Ah ! Wheres that pearl portcullis,* that adorndThose dainty two-leavd ruby gates ? Where be those… … Vontiirixnv cxliorrclc-o JHcm X( /l,l.s-/HV 7///n //,//..;/ Il/l/iifiril ,1 illKtV : BOOK II. EMBLEMS. 81 No, no. tu-as neither Hecatean spite, Nor charm below, nor power above ;Twas neither Circes spell, nor Stygian sprite,That thus transformd our god of love; Twas owl-eyd Lust (more potent far…
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