The Helicon of Love; A Selection from the Poets of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...hath staid; Blushing red, and purest white, Daintily to love invite Every woman, every maid. Cherries kissing as they grow, And inviting men to taste; Apples even ripe below, Winding gently to the waist: All love's emblems, and all cry, " Ladies, if not pluck'd, wc die" 68 BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. Can you love for love, and make that the reward t The old man shall not love his heaps of gold With a more doting superstition, Than I'll love you; the young man, his delights; The merchant, when he ploughs the angry sea up, And sees the mountain-billows falling on him, As if all elements, and all their angers, Were turn'd into one vow'd destruction, Shall not with greater joy embrace his safety. We'll live together like two wanton vines, Circling our souls and loves in one another; We'll spring together, and we'll bear one fruit; One joy shall make us smile, and one grief mourn, One age go with us, and one hour of death Shall close our eyes, and one grave make us happy. Wherefore sits My Phoebe shadow'd in a sable cloud Those pearly drops which thou lett'st fall like beads, Numbering on them thy vestal orisons, Alas I are spent in vain; I love thee still. In midst ol all these showers thou swcetlier scent'st, Like a green meadow on an April day, In which the sun and west wind play together, Striving to catch and drink its pearly drops. WILLIAM HERBERT EARL OF PEMBROKE. Born nbont 1580, died 1630. LOVE IN THE COUNTRY. Dear, leave thy home and come with me, That scorn the world for love of thee; Here we will live, within this park, A court of joy and pleasure's ark. Here we will hunt, here we will range; Constant in love, our sports we'll change; Of hearts, if any change we make, I will have thine, thou mine shall take.... Here we will walk upon the lawns, ...