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EPITHALAMIONS, |
OR, |
MARRIAGE SONGS. |
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An Epithamion on Frederick Count Palatine of |
the Rhene, and the Lady Elizabeth, being mar- |
ried on St. Valentines day. |
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I. |
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Hail Bishop Valentine, whose day this is, |
All the Air is thy Diocis, |
And all the chirping Choristers, |
And other birds are thy Parishioners, |
Thou marryest every year |
The Lyrique Larke, and the grave whispering Dove, |
The Sparrow that neglects his life for love, |
The houshold Bird, with the red stomacher; |
Thou mak'st the Black-bird speed as soon, |
As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcion; |
The husband cock looks out, and straight is sped, |
And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed. |
This day, more cheerfully than ever shine. |
This day, which might inflame thy self, old Valentine.
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[CW: II.] |