To his coy mistress by Marvell Andrew 1621-1678

Author:Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: English poetry
Publisher: London : Phoenix
Published: 1996-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

And dries its Pan yet dank with Dew, And fills its Flask with Odours new.

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These, as their Governour goes by, In fragrant Vollyes they let fly; And to salute their Governess Again as great a charge they press: None for the Virgin Nymph; for She Seems with the Flow'rs a Flow'r to be. And think so still! though not compare With Breath so sweet, or Cheek so faire.

39 Well shot ye Firemen! Oh how sweet, And round your equal Fires do meet; Whose shrill report no Ear can tell, But Ecchoes to the Eye and smell. See how the Flow'rs, as at Parade, Under their Colours stand displaid: Each Regiment in order grows, That of the Tulip Pinke and Rose.

40 But when the vigilant Patroul Of Stars walks round about the Pole, Their Leaves, that to the stalks are curPd, Seem to their Staves the Ensigns furl'd. 31

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