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John Cleveland (Джон Кливленд) Mark Antony Whenas the nightingale chanted her vespers, And the wild forester couched on the ground, Venus invited me in th' evening whispers Unto a fragrant field with roses crowned, Where she before had sent My wishes' complement; Unto my heart's content Played with me on the green. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. First on her cherry cheeks I mine eyes feasted, Thence fear surfeiting made me retire; Next on her warmer lips, which when I tasted My duller spirits made active as fire. Then we began to dart Each at another's heart, Arrows that knew no smart, Sweet lips and smiles between. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. Wanting a glass to plait her amber tresses, Which like a bracelet rich decked mine arm, Gaudier than Juno wears whenas she graces Jove with embraces more stately than warm; Then did she peep in mine Eyes' humor crystalline; I in her eyes was seen, As if we one had been. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. Mystical grammar of amorous glances; Feeling of pulses, the physic of love; Rhetorical courtings and musical dances; Numb'ring of kisses arithmetic prove; Eyes like astronomy; Straight-limbed geometry; In her art's ingeny Our wits were sharp and keen. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. John Cleveland's other poems:
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