SONNETS. POEMS ADDED IN THE 1673 EDITION. XIX |
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SONNETS.POEMS ADDED IN THE 1673 EDITION.XIX
Methought I saw my late espoused Saint
Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave,
Whom Joves great Son to her glad Husband gave,
Rescu`d from death by force though pale and faint.
Mine as whom washt from spot of child-bed taint,
Purification in the old Law did save,
And such, as yet once more I trust to have
Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint,
Came vested all in white, pure as her mind:
Her face was vail`d, yet to my fancied sight,
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin`d
So clear, as in no face with more delight.
But O as to embrace me she enclin`d
I wak`d, she fled, and day brought back my night.
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