A royal arbor of loyal poesie consisting of poems and songs digested into triumph, elegy, satyr, love & drollery / composed by Tho. Jordan.

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Title: A royal arbor of loyal poesie consisting of poems and songs digested into triumph, elegy, satyr, love & drollery / composed by Tho. Jordan.
Author: Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?
Publication: London :: Printed by R.W. for Eliz. Andrews ...,; [1663]
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Ladies that are young and wise
Shall I tell you of a prize,
Here a box of beauty lies.

A Jewel hid from vulgar view,
Whose excellency if you knew,
Your eyes would drop like morning dew.

Dame Nature's Diamond which when
She saw it was too high for men,
Shew'd it, and shut it up agen.