Of loving at first sight.
NOt caring to observe the wind,
Or the new Sea explore,
Snatcht from my self, how farre behind
Already I behold the shore?
Poems &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller ... ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes ...
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- Poems &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller ... ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes ...
- Author
- Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
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- London :: Printed by I.N. for Hu. Mosley ...,
- 1645.
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"Poems &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller ... ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67344.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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Page 82
May not a thousand dangers sleep
In the smooth Bosome of this deep?
No, 'tis so rockless, and so clear,
That the rich Bottome does appear
Pav'd all with pretious things, not torn
From shipwrackt Vessells, but there born.
Sweetnes, truth, and every grace
Which Time and Use are wont to teach,
The eye may in a moment reach,
And read distinctly in her face.
Some other Nymph with colours saint
And pencill slow may Cupid paint,
And a weake heart in time destroy;
She has a stamp and prints the Boy,
Can with a single looke inflame
The coldest brest, the rudest tame.