HYMN TO CYNTHIA
by: Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
- UEEN and
huntress, chaste and fair,
- Now the sun is laid to sleep,
- Seated in thy silver chair,
- State in wonted manner keep.
- Hesperus entreats thy light,
- Goddess excellently bright.
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- Earth, let not thy envious shade
- Dare itself to interpose;
- Cynthia's shining orb was made
- Heaven to clear, when day did close.
- Bless us then with wishèd sight,
- Goddess excellently bright.
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- Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
- And thy crystal-shining quiver;
- Give unto the flying hart
- Space to breathe, how short soever;
- Thou that mak'st a day of night,
- Goddess excellently bright.
"Hymn to Cynthia" is reprinted
from Cynthia's Revels (1600). |
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