Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FIDESSA: 3, by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN


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First Line: Venus, with young adonis sitting by her
Last Line: To kiss and clip me till I run away!
Subject(s): Courtship


Venus, with young Adonis sitting by her
Under a myrtle shade, began to woo him:
She told the youngling how god Mars did try her,
And as he fell to her, so fell she to him.
"Even thus," quoth she, "the warlike god embraced me,"
And then she clipped Adonis in her arms;
"Even thus," quoth she, "the warlike god unlaced me,"
As if the boy should use like loving charms;
"Even thus," quoth she, "he seizéd on my lips,"
And with her lips on his did act the seizure:
And as she fetchéd breath, away he skips,
And would not take her meaning nor her pleasure.
Ah, that I had my lady at this bay,
To kiss and clip me till I run away!





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