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Lead on fair paranymphs, the while her eyes, Guilty of somewhat, ripe the strawberries And cherries in her cheeks, there's cream Already spilt, her rays must gleam Gently thereon, And so beget lust and temptation To surfeit and to hunger. Help on her pace; and, though she lag, yet stir Her homewards; well she knows Her heart's at home, howe'er she goes._ 4 [3]. "See where she comes; and smell how all the street Breathes Vine-yards and Pomegranates: O how sweet, As a fir'd Altar, is each stone _Spirting forth_ pounded Cinnamon. The Ph[oe]nix nest, Built up of odours, burneth in her breast. Who _would not then_ consume His soul to _ashes_ in that rich perfume? [ash-heaps Bestroking Fate the while He burns to embers on the Pile. 5 [4]. "Hymen, O Hymen! tread the sacred _round_ [ground Shew thy white feet, and head with Marjoram crowned: Mount up thy flames, and let thy Torch Display _thy_ Bridegroom in the porch In his desires More towering, more _besparkling_ than thy fires: [disparkling Shew her how his eyes do turn And roll about, and in their motions burn Their balls to cinders: haste Or, _like a firebrand_, he will waste. 6. "_See how he waves his hand, and through his eyes Shoots forth his jealous soul, for to surprise And ravish you his Bride, do you Not now perceive the soul of C[lipseby] C[rew], Your mayden knight, With kisses to inspire You with his just and holy ire._ 7 [5]. "_If so, glide through the ranks of Virgins_, pass The Showers of Roses, lucky four-leaved grass: The while the cloud of younglings sing, And drown _you_ with a flowery spring: While some repeat Your praise, and bless you, sprinkling you with Wheat, While that others do divine, 'Blest is the Bride on whom the Sun doth shine'; And thousands gladly wish You multiply as _do the_ fish. 8. "_Why then go forward, sweet Auspicious Bride, And come upon your Bridegroom like a Tide Bearing down Time before you; hye Swell, mix, and loose your souls; imply Like streams which flow Encur
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