IDENTILIN$$  F106H06|EpLin|Harvard Eng.966.5(O'Flahertie)|ff.162-64,pp.321-25. /P:T-LP,o,20Mar91;C:T-LP,23Jul91 
106.H06.HE   P. Epithalamion on a Citizen. [162]
106.H06.001  The Sunne beames in the East ar spredd
106.H06.002  Leaue, leaue, fayre Bride, yo%5r%6 solitary bedd
106.H06.003  No more shall yo%5u%6 returne to it alone
106.H06.004  It nurseth Sadnesse, and yo%5r%6 Bodyes print,
106.H06.005  Like to a Graue, the yeelding Downe doth dint.
106.H06.006  yo%5u%6, and yo%5r%6 >%^%5other%6< yo%5u%6, meete there anon
106.H06.007  [I2]Put forth put forth that warme balme-breathing thigh
106.H06.008  Wich, when next time yo%5u%6 in those sheetes will smother,
106.H06.009  There it must meet another
106.H06.010  W.%5ch%6 never was but oft must bee more nigh
106.H06.011  Come gladd from thence, goe gladder then yo%5u%6 came
106.H06.012  To %Ynight%Z->%5>day<%6 put on Perfection and a womans name [CW:2#Daughters--]
106.H06.013  Daughters of London, yo%5u%6 w.%5ch%6 bee [162v]
106.H06.014  Our Golden Mines and furnishd Treasury
106.H06.015  you w.%5ch%6 ar Angels, yet still bring with you
106.H06.016  Thousands of Angels on yo%5r%6 Marriage dayes,
106.H06.017  Helpe with yo%5r%6 presence and deuise to prayse
106.H06.018  These rites w.%5ch%6 also vnto yo%5u%6 growe due,
106.H06.019  [ind5sp]Conceitedly dresse her, and bee assignd
106.H06.020  By yo%5u%6 fitt place for every flower and Iewell
106.H06.021  Make her for loue fitt fewell
106.H06.022  As gay as fflora, and as rich as Inde.
106.H06.023  So may shee, fayre, and rich, in nothing lame.
106.H06.024  >%^%5To day%6< Put on Perfection and a womans name
106.H06.025  And yo%5u%6 frolique Patricians
106.H06.026  Sonnes of those Senato%5rs%6, wealths deepe Ocean,
106.H06.027  Yee paynted Courtiers, barrells of others witts,
106.H06.028  Yee Country men, w%5ch%6 but yo%5r%6 beasts, loue none.
106.H06.029  Yee of those fellowshipps whereof hee's one
106.H06.030  Of study and play made strange Hermaphrodites,
106.H06.031  Heere shine, this Bridegroome to the Temple bring
106.H06.032  %JSo%K[RMvar:>Lo<] in yon path w.%5ch%6 store of flowers graceth
106.H06.033  The sober virgin paceth
106.H06.034  Except my sight fayle, tis no other thing
106.H06.035  Weepe not, nor blush, heere is no greefe nor shame
106.H06.036  To day put on Perfection and a womans name [CW:Thy#Two--]
106.H06.037  Thy two leau'd gates, fayre Temple %Ynow%Z#vnfold [163]
106.H06.038  And these two in thy sacred bosome hold
106.H06.039  Till mistically ioynd %Yboth#in%Z#>%^%5but%6< one they bee
106.H06.040  Then, may thy leane and hunger sterued wombe
106.H06.041  Long time expect theyr bodyes and theyr Tombe.
106.H06.042  Long after theyr owne parents fatten thee
106.H06.043  All elder claymes, and all cold barrenesse
106.H06.044  All yeelding to new loues bee farr for ever
106.H06.045  W.%5ch%6 might these two dissever
106.H06.046  Alwayes %Jth'each%K[var:%5>all#th'<%6] other may %Jth'%Keach one possesse
106.H06.047  ffor the best bride, best worthy of prayse and fame
106.H06.048  To day puts on Perfection, and a womans name.
106.H06.049  oh winters dayes bring much delight
106.H06.050  not for themselues but for they soone bring night
106.H06.051  Other sweetes wayte thee then those diuers meats
106.H06.052  Other disports then dauncing Iollityes
106.H06.053  Other Loue tricks then glauncing with the eyes.
106.H06.054  But %Jif%K[var:%5>that<%6] the Sunne still in our halfe-spheare sweats
106.H06.055  Hee flyes in Winter, but now hee stands still
106.H06.056  Yet shaddowes turne, noone point hee hath attaynd
106.H06.057  His steedes will bee restraynd
106.H06.058  But gallop liuely downe the Easterne hill
106.H06.059  Thou shalt, when hee hath runne the heauens halfe \frame
106.H06.060  %^%5>To< >night<%6 Put on perfection and a womans name [CW:The--]
106.H06.061  The amorous evening starre is rose [163v]
106.H06.062  Why should not then our amorous starre enclose
106.H06.063  Her selfe in her wishd bedd? Release the strings
106.H06.064  Musitians, and dauncers, take some truce
106.H06.065  With those yo%5r%6 pleasing labours, for greate vse
106.H06.066  As much wearinesse as perfection brings.
106.H06.067  [ind5sp]yo%5u%6, and not onely you but all toyld beasts
106.H06.068  Rest duely at night, all theyr toyles ar dispenc'd
106.H06.069  But in theyr beds com%Menc'd
106.H06.070  Ar other labours, and more daynty feasts.
106.H06.071  Shee goes a Mayde, who, least shee turne the same,
106.H06.072  To night puts on perfection and a womans name
106.H06.073  The Virgin Girdle now vntye
106.H06.074  And in thy Nuptiall bedd, loues Altar, lye,
106.H06.075  A pleasing Sacrifice, now dispossesse
106.H06.076  Thee of those Chaynes and Robes w.%5ch%6 were put on
106.H06.077  T'adorne the day not thee, for thou alone,
106.H06.078  Like Vertue and truth, art best in nakednesse
106.H06.079  This bedd is onely to Virginity
106.H06.080  A Graue, but to a better state a Cradle
106.H06.081  Till now thou wast but able
106.H06.082  To bee what now thou art, Then that by thee
106.H06.083  No more bee sayd, I may bee, but I am
106.H06.084  To night put on perfection and a womans name [CW:8#Even--]
106.H06.085  Even like a faythfull man, content [164]
106.H06.086  That this life for a better should bee spent
106.H06.087  So shee a Mothers rich Stile doth p%5r%6ferre
106.H06.088  And at the Bridegroomes wishd approche doth lye
106.H06.089  Like an appoynted Lamb, when tenderly
106.H06.090  The Priest comes on his knees t'embowell her,
106.H06.091  Now sleepe or watch with more ioye; and O%C light
106.H06.092  Of heauen, to morrow, rise thou hot and early
106.H06.093  Thys Sunne will loue so dearly
106.H06.094  Her rest, that long long wee shall want her \sight
106.H06.095  Wonders ar wrought, for shee w.%5ch%6 had no name->>maime<
106.H06.096  To night puts on Perfection, and a womans name
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106.H06.$$   Divided into eight 12-line stanzas; ll. 3,6, & 10 of each stanza indented 5 sp.; l. 7 indented 7sp.; l. 9 indented 12sp.; sts numbered in Arabic numerals, except the first.