IDENTILIN$$ F106H05|EpLin|Harvard Eng 966.4(Dobell)|ff.158v-60,pp.[318]-321 /P:T-LP,o,21Mar91/C:T-LP,23Jul91 106.H05.HE Epithalamiu%M /on a Citizen. [158v] 106.H05.001 The sunne beames in the East are spred, 106.H05.002 Leaue, Leaue, faire Bride, your solitary bed, 106.H05.003 noe more shall you returne to it alone, 106.H05.004 it nurseth sadnes, and your bodyes print. 106.H05.005 like to a Graue y%5e%6 yeildinge Downe doth dint. 106.H05.006 you and your other you meete there anon 106.H05.007 put forth; put forth y%5t%6 warme balme-breathing thigh, 106.H05.008 w%5ch%6 when next time you in those sheetes will smother 106.H05.009 there it must meete another 106.H05.010 w%5ch%6 neuer was, but oft must be more nigh. 106.H05.011 Come glad from thence, goe gladder then you came 106.H05.012 to night put on perfection and a womans name. 106.H05.013 Daughters of London, you w%5ch%6 be 106.H05.014 our golden Mynes, and furnisht' Treasury 106.H05.015 you w%5ch%6 are Angells, yet still bring with you 106.H05.016 thousands of Angells on your Marriage dayes, 106.H05.017 help with your presence and devise to praise 106.H05.018 these rites w%5ch%6 also vnto you growe due. 106.H05.019 conceitedly dresse her, and be assign'd 106.H05.020 by you fitt place for euery flowre and Iewell 106.H05.021 make her for loue fitt fuell, 106.H05.022 as gay as Flora, and as rich as Inde 106.H05.023 so may she faire and rich, in nothinge lame 106.H05.024 put on perfection and a womans name. 106.H05.025 And you frolique Patritians [159] 106.H05.026 Sonnes of those Senators, wealths' deepe Oceans; 106.H05.027 ye painted Courtiers, barrells of others witts, 106.H05.028 yee Countreymen, w%5ch%6 but your beasts loue none 106.H05.029 yee of those fellowships, whereof hee's one, 106.H05.030 of study and Play made strange Hermophroditts 106.H05.031 heere shine, this Bridegroome to y%5e%6 Temple bringe. 106.H05.032 So in yon path w%5ch%6 store of flowers graceth 106.H05.033 the sober Virgin paceth, 106.H05.034 except my sight faile, 'tis no other thing 106.H05.035 weepe not, nor blush, heere is no greife nor blame 106.H05.036 to day, put on perfection and a womans name. 106.H05.037 Thy two leau'd gates faire Temple vnfold, 106.H05.038 and those two in thy sacred bosome hold, 106.H05.039 till mystically ioyn'd both in one they be: 106.H05.040 Then may thy leane and hunger-starved wombe 106.H05.041 long time expect theire bodyes and theire Tombe, 106.H05.042 long after theire owne Parents fatten thee, 106.H05.043 all elder claimes, and all old barrennes, 106.H05.044 all yeilding to newe#to#newe loues be farre for euer 106.H05.045 w%5ch%6 might these two disseuer 106.H05.046 allwayes th'each other may th'each one possesse 106.H05.047 for the best Bride, best worthy of prayse and fame 106.H05.048 to day puts on perfection and a womans name. 106.H05.049 Our Winter dayes bringe much delight [159v] 106.H05.050 not for themselues, but for they soone bring night. 106.H05.051 other sweets waite thee, then those diuers meats 106.H05.052 other disports then dancing iollityes, 106.H05.053 other love-tricks, then glauncinge with the eyes 106.H05.054 but yf the Sunne still in o%5r%6 halfe-spheare sweats 106.H05.055 He flyes in Winter, but nowe he stands still, 106.H05.056 yet shaddowes turne, noone-point he hath attain'd 106.H05.057 his steedes wilbe restrayn'd 106.H05.058 but gallop liuely downe the Westerne hill, 106.H05.059 Thou shalt when he hath runne the worlds halfe frame, 106.H05.060 put on perfection and a womans name. 106.H05.061 The amorous eveninge starre is rose, 106.H05.062 why should not then our amorous starre enclose 106.H05.063 her selfe in her wishd' bed, release the stringes 106.H05.064 Musitians, and dancers take some truce 106.H05.065 with those your pleasinge labours, for greate vse 106.H05.066 as much wearines as perfection brings: 106.H05.067 you, and not only you, but all toild' beasts 106.H05.068 rest duly at night; all theire toiles are dispensd' 106.H05.069 but in theire beds com%Menc'd 106.H05.070 are other labours, and more dainty Feasts 106.H05.071 shee goes a maide, who least she turne the same 106.H05.072 to night puts on perfection and a womans name. 106.H05.073 Thy Virgin girdle nowe vnty [160] 106.H05.074 and in thy Nuptiall bed, Loues Altar, ly 106.H05.075 a pleasinge Sacrifice, nowe dispossesse 106.H05.076 thee of those chaines and robes w%5ch%6 were put on 106.H05.077 t'adorne the day, not thee, for thou alone 106.H05.078 like vertue and truth art best in nakednes 106.H05.079 this bed is only to Virginity 106.H05.080 a graue, but to a better state, a Cradle 106.H05.081 till nowe thou wast but able 106.H05.082 to be what nowe thou art, then that by thee 106.H05.083 no more be sayd, I may, be, but I am 106.H05.084 to night put on perfection and a womans name. 106.H05.085 Euen like a faithfull man Content 106.H05.086 that this life for a better should be spent 106.H05.087 So she a Mothers rich stile doth p%5r%6ferre, 106.H05.088 and at the Bridegroomes wishd' approach doth ly 106.H05.089 like an appointed lambe, when tenderly 106.H05.090 the Preist comes on his knees t'embowell her 106.H05.091 nowe sleepe or watch with more ioy, and O light 106.H05.092 of heaven, to morrowe rise thou hot and early 106.H05.093 this Sunne will loue soe deerely 106.H05.094 her rest, that long, long we shall want her sight, 106.H05.095 Wonders are wrought, for shee w%ch%6 had no name, 106.H05.096 to night puts on perfection, and a womans name. 106.H05.0SS 3 3-leaf clovers 106.H05.$$ Divided into eight 12-line stanzas; ll. 3,6,7,10 indented 6sp.; l. 9 indented 18sp. stanzas numbered in Arabic numerals.