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GONDIBERT,
46.
Love's fire he carry'd, but no more in view
Than vital heat which kept his heart still warm;
This Maids in Oswald, as love's Beacon knew;
The publick flame to bid them flie from harm.
Love's fire he carry'd, but no more in view
Than vital heat which kept his heart still warm;
This Maids in Oswald, as love's Beacon knew;
The publick flame to bid them flie from harm.
47.
Yet since this Duke could love, we may admire
Why love ne'r rais'd his thoughts to Rhodalind;
But those forget that earthly flames aspire,
Whilst Heavenly beams; which purer are, descend.
Yet since this Duke could love, we may admire
Why love ne'r rais'd his thoughts to Rhodalind;
But those forget that earthly flames aspire,
Whilst Heavenly beams; which purer are, descend.
48.
As yet to none could he peculiar prove,
But like an universal Influence
(For such and so sufficient was his love)
To all the Sex he did his heart dispence.
As yet to none could he peculiar prove,
But like an universal Influence
(For such and so sufficient was his love)
To all the Sex he did his heart dispence.
49.
But Oswald never knew love's ancient Laws,
The aw that Beauty does in lovers breed,
Those short-breath'd fears and paleness it does cause
When in a doubtfull Brow their doom they read.
But Oswald never knew love's ancient Laws,
The aw that Beauty does in lovers breed,
Those short-breath'd fears and paleness it does cause
When in a doubtfull Brow their doom they read.
50.
Not Rhodalind (whom then all Men as one
Did celebrate, as with confed'rate Eyes)
Could he affect but shining in her Throne;
Blindly a Throne did more than beauty prise.
Not Rhodalind (whom then all Men as one
Did celebrate, as with confed'rate Eyes)
Could he affect but shining in her Throne;
Blindly a Throne did more than beauty prise.
51.
He by his Sister did his hopes prefer;
A beauteous pleader who victorious was
O're Rhodalind, and could subdue her Ear
In all requests but this unpleasant cause.
He by his Sister did his hopes prefer;
A beauteous pleader who victorious was
O're Rhodalind, and could subdue her Ear
In all requests but this unpleasant cause.
52.
Gartha, whose bolder beauty was in strength
And fulness plac'd, but such as all must like;
Her spreading stature talness was, not length,
And whilst sharp beauties pierce, hers seem'd to strike.
Gartha, whose bolder beauty was in strength
And fulness plac'd, but such as all must like;
Her spreading stature talness was, not length,
And whilst sharp beauties pierce, hers seem'd to strike.
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