Quarles - PR3652 D58 1669

JI11, : The 1/if/ory ef Q:iun·E $TER.' ' ~There, rti?s the Bri~ ; here, theLGvers ·Pauncy, Sh~fting her dainty Pleafures, ':"itb her Fa~cy: ~ , f. Thts on her ar~, and that ihe ltfts to wear . L}pon the borders of her cutiou~ hair 1 ; .· .. . ~ •' .)• , ;, . \ At lene;t11• a Rofe-bud\( pa(ling all the reil J She plucks; and bofGn's in her :Lilly breft ; So when A.Ifitereu .. (tickled withdelight).. Percci v'd the beautie~ ef thofe Vir~ins brig!ttj' l · • w He lik'd them all, but when with ftriB: revie . · r ; :·: : He viewed E~ers face:, his wounded eye , . •.\ Sparkled, whil'ffCupz-d withhjs y<iluthful Daru' · · · Transfixt the Center of his feebli he-art; Efiber is now his joy, and in,. her eyes . / The fweeteftflower of his Garland lies: Who now but ,Efler? •foer crowns his blifs, ,.: ··' And he's become her ptif<Yner, rhat was his: ·, ·· · ·· · Efter obtains the prize~ her _high def~rt . . .· · LikeDi'mond's-rid1ly mountecl in h~s heart;' ... . Iti, now 16 HJmen ling, for 1h~ · · Thu crowns h~s j(')y; n1uft likewife crowned bei .~ The Crown is iet on Princely..E}ter.t head, Efter fits ~teen, in fcornful VaJhtiet ftead. To confecrate:this' day to more .delights, In due folemQizi~ the Nu-ptial Rites,. InEfters naQle, Aftuerru ma.de a.Fe!ft) Invited all his Princes, and. rdeaft The hard caxati<:U that hi£ heavy hand Laid og the SubJ~B:s ·of 'his groaning Land ; No rights were wa.nting to augment his joys;- · Great gifcs confirm'd die bounty of his cllQice. i · Yet had not Efltrs la.viih ~ongl.le defcri'd Her Tewifh Kin, or where fh:e was aUI'd; For fr ill the wor4s of Msrdecai did teft Within the Cabbin 0fher R,Qyalhre!l:,– Who was as pliant ( beiAg now a Q1een ) T qfagcadvice:as ;,r befor~ fu~actQ~~n ' · .. ' ( , ~ .;·· :i'. : ~ . ~. \ ..

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