Poems, &c. By James Shirley.

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Title: Poems, &c. By James Shirley.
Author: Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
Publication: London :: Printed [by Ruth Raworth and Susan Islip] for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard,; 1646.
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YOu Virgins that did late despair
To keep your wealth from cruel men,
Tye up in silk your eareles hair,
Soft peace is come agen.

Now Lovers eyes may gentle shoot
A flame that wo'not kill:
The Drum was angry, but the Lute
Shall whisper what you will.

Sing Io, Io, for his sake,
Who hath restor'd your drooping heads,
With choice of sweetest flowers make
A garden where he treads.

Whil'st we whole groves of Laurel bring,
A petty triumph to his brow,
Who is the Master of our Spring,
And all the bloom we owe.