On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia
Sir Henry Wotton
1568 to 1639
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What are you when the moon shall rise?
You common people of the skies;
That warble forth Dame Nature's lays,
When Philomel her voice shall raise?
So, when my mistress shall be seen
By your weak accents; what's your praise,
In form and beauty of her mind,
That poorly satisfy our eyes,
What are you when the rose is blown?
You meaner beauties of the night,
Thinking your passions understood
More by your number, than your light,
Tell me if she were not design'd
Th' eclipse and glory of her kind?
You violets that first appear,
By virtue first, then choice, a Queen,
By your pure purple mantles known,
You curious chanters of the wood,
As if the spring were all your own;
Like the proud virgins of the year,
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