The Harmony of the muses, or, The gentlemans and ladies choisest recreation full of various, pure and transcendent wit : containing severall excellent poems, some fancies of love, some of disdain, and all the subjects incident to the passionate affections either of men or women
R. C., Donne, John, 1572-1631., King, Henry, 1592-1669., Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
A Blush.
STay lusty blood, where canst thou se•k,
So blest a place as in her cheek;
How canst thou from that place retire,
Where beauty doth command desire;
But if thou canst not stay, then flow
Down to her panting pap• below▪
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Flow like a Deluge from her breast,
Where Venus Swans hath built her n•st,
And so take glory to disdaine,
With azure blew each swelling vaine,
Then run boyling through each part,
Till thou hast warm'd her frozen heart;
If from love it would retire,
Martyr it with gentle Fire;
And having searcht each secret place,
Fly thou back into her face,
Where live blest in changing those
White Lillies to a Ruddy Rose.
