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THE
RAPE
OF
LUCRECE.
1.The praising of Lucrece as chast, vertuous, and beautiful, maketh Tarquin enamor'd.FRom the besieged Ardea all in post,
Borne by the trustless wings of false desire,
Lust-breathed Tarquin leaves the Roman host,
And to Colatium bears the lightless fire,
Which in pale embers hid, lurks to aspire
And girdle with embracing flames the wast,
Of Colatines fair love, Lucrece the chast.
Borne by the trustless wings of false desire,
Lust-breathed Tarquin leaves the Roman host,
And to Colatium bears the lightless fire,
Which in pale embers hid, lurks to aspire
And girdle with embracing flames the wast,
Of Colatines fair love, Lucrece the chast.
Haply that name of chast, unhaply set
This bateless edge on his keen appetite:
When Colatine unwisely did not let
To praise the clear unmatched red and white,
Which triumpht in that skie of his delight,
Where mortal star as bright as heavens beauties,
With pure aspects did him peculiar duties.
This bateless edge on his keen appetite:
When Colatine unwisely did not let
To praise the clear unmatched red and white,
Which triumpht in that skie of his delight,
Where mortal star as bright as heavens beauties,
With pure aspects did him peculiar duties.
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