1.
IMpossibilities? oh no, there's none;
Could mine bring thy Heart Captive home;
As eas'ily other dangers were o'rethrown,
As Cæsar after vanquish't Rome,
His little Asian foes did overcome.
2.
True Lovers oft by Fortune are envy'd,
Oft Earth and Hell against them strive;
But Providence engages on their side,
And a good end at last does give;
At last Just Men and Lovers always thrive. 10
3.
As stars (not powerful else) when they conjoin,
Change, as they please, the Worlds estate;
So thy Heart in Conjunction with mine,
Shall our own fortunes regulate;
And to our Stars themselves prescribe a Fate.
4.
'Twould grieve me much to find some bold Romance,
That should two kind examples shew,
Which before us in wonders did advance;
Not, that I thought that story true,
But none should Fancy more, then I would Do. 20
5.
Through spight of our worst Enemies, thy Friends,
Through Local Banishment from Thee;
Through the loud thoughts of less-concerning Ends,
As easie shall my passage be,
As was the Amo'rous Youth's ore Helles Sea.
6.
In vain the Winds, in vain the Billows rore;
In vain the Stars their aid deny'd:
He saw the Sestian Tower on th'other shore;
Shall th' Hellespont our Loves divide?
No, not th' Atlantick Oceans boundless Tide. 30
7.
Such Seas betwixt us eas'ly conquer'd are;
But, gentle Maid, do not deny
To let thy Beams shine on me from afar;
And still that Taper let me 'espy:
For when thy Light goes out, I sink and dy. |
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