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ughtes admire: Heauens wonder, Natures and Earths Ornament, And gaze vpon these firy sun-bright eyes: The Heauenly spheares which Loue and Beauty mooue, These Cheekes where Lillyes and red-roses striue, For soueraignty, yet both do equall raigne: The dangling tresses of thy curled haire, 560 Nets weaud to cach our frayle and wandring thoughts: Thy beauty shining like proud _Phoebus_ face, When _Ganges_ glittereth with his radiant beames He on his goulden trapped _Palfreys_ rides, That from their nostrels do the morning blow, Through Heauens great path-way pau'd with shining starres Thou art the fized pole of my Soules ioy, Bout which my resteles thoughts are ouer turn'd: My _Cynthia_, whose glory neuer waynes, Guyding the Tide of mine affections: 570 That with the change of thy imperious lookes, Dost make my doubtfull ioyes to eb and flowe. _Cleo._ Might all the deedes thy hands had ere achiu'd, That make thy farre extolled name to sound: From sun-burnt East vnto the VVestern Iles, VVhich great _Neptnnus_ fouldeth in his armes, It shall not be the least to seat a Maide, And inthronize her in her natiue right. _Lord._ VVhat neede you stand disputing on your right, Or prouing title to the _AEgiptian_ Crowne: 580 Borne to be Queene and Empresse of the world. _An._ On thy perfection let me euer gaze, And eyes now learne to treade a louers maze, Heere may you surfet with delicious store, The more you see, desire to looke the more: Vpon her face a garden of delite, Exceeding far _Adonis_ fayned Bowre, Heere staind white Lyllies spread their branches faire, Heere lips send forth sweete Gilly-flowers smell. And Damasck-rose in her faire cheekes do bud, 590 VVhile beds of Violets still come betweene VVith fresh varyety to please the eye, Nor neede these flowers the heate of _Phoebus_ beames, They cherisht are by vertue of her eyes. O that I might but enter in this bowre, Or once attaine the cropping of the flower. _Caes._ Now wend we Lords to _Alexandria_, Famous for those wide wondred _Piramids_. Whose towring tops do seeme to threat the skie, And make it proud by presence of my loue: 600 Then _Paphian_ Temples a
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