Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ... Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

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474 Fancies and Fantasticks.And taking from them each his flame,With myrtle rods she whipt them ;Which done, to stilltheir wanton cryes,When quiet grown sh'had seen thehijShe kiss'd, and wip'd their Dove-like eyes,And gave the Bag between them*'v/ ^ iitU V/OrlTe make much cf Time..'^\.Gather your Rose-buds whilst you may,Old Time is still a flying ;And that same flower that smiles to dayToo morrow may be dying.The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun,The higher he is getting,The sooner will his race be run,And neerer to his setting.That Ageis best which is the first,When youth, and blood are warmer *And being- spent, the worse and worstTimes still succeed the former.Then be not coy, but use your Time,And while you may, go marry ;For having lost but once your prime,You may for ever tarry.On the Picture of Icarus in Wax.What once did unto thee impartThe means of death, by happy Art

Fancies and Fantasticks. 475Now thee restores to life again ;Yet still remember to refrainAmbitious flights, nor soar too nigh;The Sun of an inflaming eye ;For so thou mayst scorch'd by these beams,In ashes dye, as once in streams.The Farewell to Love iand to his Mistress*.What conscience say, is it in thee,When I a heart had one,To take away that heart from me,And to retain thy own ?For shame and pity now inclineTo play a loving part,Either to send me kindly thine,Or send me back my heart ;Court not both, or if thou dostResolve to part with neither,Why yet to show that thou art justTake me, and mine together.BUl--if*M siA* r

Fancies and Fantasticks. 475Now thee rest<strong>or</strong>es to life again ;Yet still remember to refrainAmbitious flights, n<strong>or</strong> soar too nigh;<strong>The</strong> Sun of an inflaming eye ;F<strong>or</strong> so thou mayst sc<strong>or</strong>ch'd by these beams,In ashes dye, as once in streams.<strong>The</strong> Farewell to Love iand to his Mistress*.What conscience say, is it in thee,When I a heart had one,To take away that heart from me,And to retain thy own ?F<strong>or</strong> shame and pity now inclineTo play a loving part,Either to send me kindly thine,Or send me back my heart ;Court not both, <strong>or</strong> if thou dostResolve to part with neither,Why yet to show that thou art justTake me, and mine together.BUl--if*M siA* r

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