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32 TO THE ROYALL MAJESTIE OF K. CHARLES THE II.
This Solstice breeds amazement: How all eyes
Wait till thou mount thy Coach and climb the Skyes,
That Influence and Vertue, issueing thence
Inferiour Bodies, brought again to sense, 20
Long in the generall death detain’d, may see
Day once more dawne, renew’d by light from Thee.
Weigh with delayes the consequences fear’d,
Remembring, that attempts which scarce have dar’d
Peep forth at first for their deformity, 25
Have gain’d, upon acquaintance of the eye.
And when to ripenesse and full strength attain’d,
Smiles have alike and frownes been entertain’d.
This Solstice breeds amazement: How all eyes
Wait till thou mount thy Coach and climb the Skyes,
That Influence and Vertue, issueing thence
Inferiour Bodies, brought again to sense, 20
Long in the generall death detain’d, may see
Day once more dawne, renew’d by light from Thee.
Weigh with delayes the consequences fear’d,
Remembring, that attempts which scarce have dar’d
Peep forth at first for their deformity, 25
Have gain’d, upon acquaintance of the eye.
And when to ripenesse and full strength attain’d,
Smiles have alike and frownes been entertain’d.
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| Description | Edited with introduction, notes and glossary by William Tough. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood & Sons, 1898. Contents: V. 1. Introduction. Early miscellaneous poems. Sonnets. Dido and Æneas. A spirtuall hymne. Doomesday. Fancies farewell. The trve crucifixe for true Catholickes. Sonnets. -- v. 2. A counter-buff to Lysimachus Nicanor. Caledons complaint. The cry of blood. Some psalmes translated. The historie and descent of the house of Rowallane, [in prose] Notes. Glossary. |
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| Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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