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A NUPTIALL VERSE TO MISTRESSE ELIZABETH LEE, NOW LADY TRACIE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Spring with the larke, most comely bride, and meet
Last Line: Drown'd in the bloud of rubies there, not die.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Spring with the Larke, most comely Bride, and meet
Your eager Bridegroome with auspitious feet.
The Morn's farre spent; and the immortall Sunne
Corrols his cheeke, to see those Rites not done.
Fie, Lovely maid! Indeed you are too slow,
When to the Temple Love sho'd runne, not go.
Dispatch your dressing then; and quickly wed:
Then feast, and coy't a little; then to bed.
This day is Loves day; and this busie night
Is yours, in which you challeng'd are to fight
With such an arm'd, but such an easie Foe,
As will if you yeeld, lye down conquer'd too.
The Field is pitcht; but such must be your warres,
As that your kisses must out-vie the Starres.
Fall down together vanquisht both, and lye
Drown'd in the bloud of Rubies there, not die.





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