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To One persuading a Lady to Marriage
Katherine Philips ('Orinda'). 1631-1664
FORBEAR, bold youth; all 's heaven here,
And
what you do aver
To others courtship may appear,
'Tis sacrilege to
her.
She is a public deity;
And were 't not very odd
She should
dispose herself to be
A petty household god?
First make the sun in private shine
And bid the world
adieu,
That so he may his beams confine
In compliment to
you:
But if of that you do despair,
Think how you did amiss
To
strive to fix her beams which are
More bright and large than his.
From: Quiller-Couch, Arthur.
The Oxford Book of Verse. (1900)
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This collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis.
Collection © 1999-2002 Jone Johnson Lewis.
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