IDENTILIN$$  F009H050 Harvard,Eng.966,4,ff.143r-143v. E:G.L. P:T-LP/o/5-18-93 C:JPK/5-18-93
009.H05.0HE  Elegy.
009.H05.001  As the sweete sweate of Roses in a still,
009.H05.002  as that w%5ch%6 from chas't Muske-cattes pores doth trill,
009.H05.003  as the Almighty balme of th'#earely East,
009.H05.004  such are the sweete drops of my Mistresse brest,
009.H05.005  and on her necke, her skinne such lustre setts,
009.H05.006  that seeme noe sweate drops, but Pearle Coronetts.
009.H05.007  Ranke sweaty froth thy Mistresse browe defiles
009.H05.008  like spermatique yssue of ripe menstruous biles,
009.H05.009  or like that scum%Me, w%5ch%6 by needes lawles lawe
009.H05.010  inforc'd, Sanserra's starved men did drawe
009.H05.011  from parboild' shooes and bootes, and all the rest
009.H05.012  w%5ch%6 were with any soveraigne fatnes blest,
009.H05.013  and like vile lyinge stones in saffron Tynne
009.H05.014  or wartes or wheales they hange vpon her skinne
009.H05.015  Round is her head on euery side
009.H05.016  like to that ffatall ball that fell on Ide,
009.H05.017  or that whereof God had a Iealousy
009.H05.018  that for the ravishinge thereof we dy.
009.H05.019  Thy head is like a rough-hew'n statue of Iette
009.H05.020  where markes for eyes, nose, mouth are scarsely sett,
009.H05.021  Like the first chaos, or flatt seeminge face
009.H05.022  of Cynthia, when th'#earths' shadowes her embrace,
009.H05.023  like Proserpines white beauty-keepinge Chest,
009.H05.024  as Ioues best fortunes vrne is her faire brest,
009.H05.025  Thine like worme-eaten trunkes, clothd' in seales skinne
009.H05.026  [om]
009.H05.027  [om]
009.H05.028  [om]  
009.H05.029  [om]
009.H05.030  of men late scourgd' for madnes or for sinne,
009.H05.031  like sunne-partch't quarters on the Citty gate,
009.H05.032  suck->>such< is thy tann'd skinnes lamentable state.
009.H05.033  and like a bunch of ragged carretts stand
009.H05.034  thy short swolne fingers on thy gowty hand.
009.H05.035  Then like the Chymickes Masculine equall fire
009.H05.036  w%5ch%6 in the Limbecks warme wombe doth inspire [CW:om]
009.H05.037  Into th'#earths worth-les durt a soule of gold, [143v]
009.H05.038  Such cherishinge heates her best loud' part doth hold,
009.H05.039  Thine like the dread mouth of a fired Gunne,
009.H05.040  or like hot liquid mettles newly runne
009.H05.041  into clay mouldes, or like to that AE%Ltna
009.H05.042  where round about the grasse is burnt away;
009.H05.043  are not your [om] then as filthy, and more,
009.H05.044  as a worme suckinge an envenom'd sore?
009.H05.045  doth not thy fearefull hand in feelinge quake
009.H05.046  as one, w%5ch%6 gatheringe flower's, still fear'd a snake?
009.H05.047  is not your last act harsh and violent,
009.H05.048  as when a plough a stony ground doth rent?
009.H05.049  Soe kisse good Turtles, soe devoutly nice
009.H05.050  as Preists in handlinge reverent Sacrifice,
009.H05.051  and such in Searching woundes the Surgeon is,
009.H05.052  as we, when we embrace, or touch, or kisse.
009.H05.053  Leaue her, and I will leaue comparinge thus,
009.H05.054  she and comparisons are odious.|
009.H05.0SS  [om] three cloverleafs arranged in an inverted triangle
009.H05.0$$  Ll. 7,15,19,21,25,35,39,49, & 53 extended into LM (marking
off the divisions of the poem), ll.53-54 ind 6 sps;, ll. 26-29 om.