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Somnus1
, why art thou still to me unkind?2
Why do all else such comfort find
3
In thy embrace? But I, and only I,
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Alternately (ay me) do
live and die2
.5
Thy fellow
Morpheus3
too doth show his spite6
When from his
horny gate4
he doth affright7
My troubled soul, as he did th’other night.
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O my sad heart, would it might prove a dream!
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In that
unconquered Sheer, when Thames’s stream5
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Joined with fair Medway doth their
tribute6
pay,11
There on a lofty rock me thought I lay;
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Then, on the trembling bosom of the deep,
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Huge floods of tears poor Thames did weep
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To7
see the sea sprinkled with purple gore.15
The sad
Nereides8
did much deplore9
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This omen. Great
Neptune10
was amazed17
As he upon those bloody billows gazed;
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Then, instantly he bid blue
Triton11
sound19
His wreathéd
trump12
—’twas heard the ocean round—20
To summon each sea god and goddess fair,
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That to our narrow seas they should
repair13
.22
Then did they come from every sea and
strand14
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To hear their king
Saturnus’s15
dread command.24
Some did bestride
Philanthrope’s16
broad back;25
The
nymphs17
in pearly shells, not one there lacks26
Of all great
Oceanus’s18
wat’ry train19
,27
But floating came upon the frothy
main20
.Nereus 1
28
Imperial
Nereus21
first did lead the way,29
Who o’er the
tumid22
waves bears chiefest sway;30
Rich
orient gems23
his purple robe adorning,31
Which cast a luster like the blushing morning.
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This
glist’ring24
chariot drawn with prancing fish,33
Which would have satisfied proud
Phaeton’s25
wish.Doris 2
34
Just by his side, fair fruitful
Doris26
came,35
Whose numerous
issue27
doth enlarge her fame;36
Rich orient pearls her snowy neck did grace;
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Her sparkling crown gave luster to her face;
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Between her breasts a rich
carbuncle28
shone;39
The universe afforded not a stone
40
That equalled it for
splendency29
of light.41
It ruled the rest as
Cynthia30
doth the night31