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<VID>181975</VID>
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<HEAD>A Po&s;ie of Rare Flowers: Gathered by a Young-man for his Mi&s;tris.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant new Tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>THe Summers o're heating,</L>
<L>Within an Arbour &s;itting,</L>
<L>under a Marble &s;hade.</L>
<L>For my true love the faire&s;t,</L>
<L>And of all flowers the rare&s;t,</L>
<L>a P<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ie thus I made.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The fir&s;t and la&s;t for tru&s;ting,</L>
<L>Is called everla&s;ting,</L>
<L>I pulled from the bay.</L>
<L>The blew and crim&s;on Columbine,</L>
<L>The Dazy and the Woodbine,</L>
<L>and eke the blooming May.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The &s;weete&s;t Flowers for Po&s;ies,</L>
<L>Pinks, Gillyoflwers and Ro&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">s,</L>
<L>I gathered in their prime.</L>
<L>The flowers of muskmillions,</L>
<L>Come blow me down &s;weet Wiliams,</L>
<L>with Ro&s;emarry and Time.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The Larkheel and the Lilly,</L>
<L>The Flag and Daffadilly,</L>
<L>the Wall-Flower &s;weet of &s;mell,</L>
<L>The Maiden-blu&s;h and Cow&s;lip,</L>
<L>The Peagle and the Tulip,</L>
<L>that doth &s;o &s;weet excell,</L>
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<L>The Violet and the Grecyline,</L>
<L>The Oderiferous Eglantine,</L>
<L>with thrift and mode&s;ty.</L>
<L>The Mu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">k Ro&s;e &s;weet and dainty,</L>
<L>With other Flowers plenty,</L>
<L>Oxlops and Pyony.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The Gilly Flowers variety,</L>
<L>Of every colour &s;everally,</L>
<L>the Lady Smock and Pancy.</L>
<L>The Bachelors Button fair and fine</L>
<L>The Primro&s;e and the Sops in Wine</L>
<L>with them the Maidens fancy.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The time ob&s;erving Marygold,</L>
<L>Mo&s;t fair and lovely to behold,</L>
<L>I pluckt among&s;t the re&s;t.</L>
<L>The white and red Carnation,</L>
<L>The &s;ences Recreation,</L>
<L>with other Flowers the be&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Flowers fit for &s;melling,</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;weet is far excelling,</L>
<L>all the perfumes of art,</L>
<L>I pulled each &s;everal,</L>
<L>And made a Po&s;ie there withal,</L>
<L>to bear to my &s;weet heart.</L>
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<LG>
<L>SWeet Ba&s;il and &s;weet Margerum,</L>
<L>The Cow&s;lip of Jeru&s;alem,</L>
<L>the Crow-foot and Sea-Flower,</L>
<L>The Start up and come ki&s;s me,</L>
<L>A Flower that &s;hall not mi&s;s me,</L>
<L>in my true Lovers bower.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Lady of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> fair,</L>
<L>A Flower pa&s;&s;ing &s;weet and rare,</L>
<L>I in the mid&s;t did place,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e my love is faire&s;t,</L>
<L>And of all Flowers the rare&s;t,</L>
<L>in body and in face.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Flowers being culled,</L>
<L>And their branches pulled,</L>
<L>did yeild a fragrant &s;cent.</L>
<L>Ob&s;erving their due places,</L>
<L>I bound them in bride Laces,</L>
<L>and to my love I went.</L>
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<LG>
<L>In hope &s;he would receive them,</L>
<L>To'th end that I might give them,</L>
<L>as pleadges of my love.</L>
<L>To her who&s;e radiant beauty,</L>
<L>Did bind me to this duty,</L>
<L>hoping &s;he'l nere remove.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her permanent affection,</L>
<L>To me who by election,</L>
<L>am hers while life both la&s;t.</L>
<L>The&s;e flowers did re&s;emble,</L>
<L>My thoughts, which ne'r di&s;&s;emble,</L>
<L>but hold both &s;mell and ta&s;te.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When I had made this No&s;egay,</L>
<L>With joyful heart I took my way,</L>
<L>to find out my true love.</L>
<L>Who for my ab&s;ence mourned,</L>
<L>Vntil that I returned,</L>
<L>as doth the Turtle Dove.</L>
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<LG>
<L>At la&s;t I found her &s;porting,</L>
<L>With other Maids con&s;orting,</L>
<L>clo&s;e by a Rivers &s;ide.</L>
<L>My Po&s;ie not refu&s;ed,</L>
<L>When &s;he the &s;ame peru&s;ed,</L>
<L>upon her arm &s;he ty'd.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Quoth &s;he although the&s;e Flowers.</L>
<L>Will wither in few hours,</L>
<L>yet take my word &s;weet heart.</L>
<L>My word to thee &s;hall never decay.</L>
<L>Till death takes my life away,</L>
<L>from thee Ile ne'r depart.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The like to her I vowed,</L>
<L>And while the &s;ame allowed.</L>
<L>about &s;uch things we talked,</L>
<L>At length becau&s;e it waxed late,</L>
<L>We for that time did leave our prate,</L>
<L>and from each other walked.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Wh<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">n with a mild behaviour,</L>
<L>She thanks me for my favour,</L>
<L>and more it for my &s;ake,</L>
<L>With enterchanging Ki&s;&s;es,</L>
<L>The re&s;t remains in wi&s;hes,</L>
<L>unwilling leave we take.</L>
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<P>Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright.</P>
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