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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 1602 Quarto

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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
  

To the Authour.

E Yther the goddesse drawes her troupe of loues
From Paphos, where she erst was held diuine,
And doth vnyoke her tender-necked Doues,
Placing her seat in this small papry shrine;
Or the sweet Graces through th'Idalian groue,
Led the blest Author in their daunced rings;
Or wanton Nymphs in watry bowres haue woue,
With fine Mylesian threds, the verse he sings;
Or curious Pallas once againe doth striue,
With prowd Arachne for illustrious glory,
And once againe doth loues of gods reuiue,
Spinning in silken twists a lasting story:
          If none of these, then V enus chose his sight,
          To leade the steps of her blind sonne aright.

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