To a Lady Singing a Song of His Composing Edmund Waller - TopicsExpress



          

To a Lady Singing a Song of His Composing Edmund Waller Chloris! yourself you so excel, When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought, That, like a spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am caught. That eagles fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus loud complaints returnd, Not for reflection of his face, But of his voice, the boy had burnd.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:31:31 +0000

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