Vpon a Beutiful Valentine.
A Sonnet.
COuld I charm the Queen of Loves
To lend a Quill of her white Doves,
Poems on several choice and various subjects occasionally composed by an eminent author ; collected and published by Sergeant-Major P.F.
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- Poems on several choice and various subjects occasionally composed by an eminent author ; collected and published by Sergeant-Major P.F.
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- Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
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- London :: Printed by Ja. Cottrel and are to be sold by S. Speed ...,
- 1663.
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Page 67
O•• one of Cupids pointed wings,
Lipt in the fair Castalian springs:
Then wold I write the All-divine
Perfections of my Valentine.
As mongst all flowers the Rose excels,
As Amber▪ mongst the fragrant'st smells,
As mongst all Minerals the Gold,
As Marble mongst the finest Mold,
As Diamonds mongst Jewels bright,
As Cynthia mongst the lesser lights;
So mong the Northern Beauties shine,
So far excels my Valentine.
In Rome and Naples I did view
Faces of Coelestial hue;
Venetian Dames I have seen many,
(I onely saw them, touch'd not any)
Of Spanish Beauties, Dutch and French
I have beheld the Quintessence;
Yet saw I none that could out-shine,
Or Parallel my Valentine.
Th' Italians they are coy and quaint,
But they grosly daub and paint;
The Spanish kind are apt to please,
But sav'ring of the same disease;
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Of Dutch and French some few are comely,
The French are light, the Dutch are homely:
Let Tagus, Po, the Loire and Rhine
Then vail unto my Valentine.
Here may be seen pure white and red,
Not by feign'd Art, but Nature wed;
No simpering smiles, no mimic face,
Affected jesture, or forc'd face:
A fair-smooth front, free from least wrinkle,
Her eyes (Oy me) like Stars do twinkle.
Thus all perfections do combine
To beutifie my Valentine.