The English Parnassus, or, A helpe to English poesie containing a collection of all rhyming monosyllables, the choicest epithets, and phrases : with some general forms upon all occasions, subjects, and theams, alphabeticaly digested : together with a short institution to English poesie, by way of a preface / by Joshua Poole.

Embrace.

Swathe, swadle, environ, wrap, grasp, clip, girt, girdle, hug, clasp, Sweet endearments. Closer than cockles, and in lustful twines Ou••bid the ••vi••, or the winding vines, So near, and folded in so close a knot, As if they could concorporate and grow one. So clasping ivie round the oake doth grow. So Salmacis embrac'd th'Hermaphrodite

As in the fount he bathed. The Polipus doth so deteine his foe, With strict embracements glu'd. T••'d fast in Natures chains. Her yeilding neck with loving twines embrac'••, With amorous twine, About the husband oak, the vine Thus wreathes to kisse his leavie face, Their streams thus rivers joyne, And loose themselves in their embrace. T••us turtles bill, and groane, Their loves into each others ear, Two flames thus burn in one, VVhen their curld heads to heaven they rear, The flattering and uxorious ivie so Enclasps her aged husband. Embracing with as much delight As Salmacis her dear Hermaphrodite. So the uxorious vine Doth with the straight and well limb'd elme entwine. And in such embraces twine, As if we read unto the vine, T••e ivie and the columbine, VVeaving into more subtile twines Than woodbine, ivie, or the vines. His armes infold her in more subtile knots Than amorous ivie when it hugs the oake. VVeele cling together like two wanton vines, Circling our souls and loves in one another, VVith such embr••cements, as it seem'd their souls Desit'd to meer, and their hearts to kisse. The female ivie so Emings the barkie fingers of the elme, And locks her so in his embraces, As if he meant to pinne her to his heart, Hangs on him As if encrease of appetite did grow From what it grew on. Cleaving l••ke burres. Like streams which flow, Encurl'd together, and no difference shew, VVhilst in their liquid silver on they ••un, And twine themselves like wool together sp••n.