Poems: by Francis Beaumont, Gent.: Viz. The hermaphrodite. The remedy of love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other poems.

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Poems: by Francis Beaumont, Gent.: Viz. The hermaphrodite. The remedy of love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other poems.
Author
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.
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London :: Printed for Laurence Blaiklock, and are to be sold at his shop neare the middle Temple Gate in Fleet-street,
1653.
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English poetry
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"Poems: by Francis Beaumont, Gent.: Viz. The hermaphrodite. The remedy of love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other poems." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76292.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

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To the Author.

EIther the goddesse draws her troopes of loves From Paphos, where she erst was held divine, And doth unyoke her tender necked doves, Placing her seat in this small pap'ry shrine; Or the sweet graces through th' Idalian grove, Led the best Author in their danced rings; Or wanton Nymphs inwatry bowers have wove, With faire Mylesian threads, the verse he sings;

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Or curious Pallas once againe doth strive With proud Arachue, for illustrious glory, And once againe doth loves of Gods revive, Spinning in silver twists a lasting story: If none of these then Venus chose his sight, To lead the steps of her blind son aright.

J. B.

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