Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (18241897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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XCV. On a Girdle |
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THAT which her slender waist confined | |
Shall now my joyful temples bind; | |
No monarch but would give his crown | |
His arms might do what this has done. | |
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It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, | 5 |
The pale which held that lovely deer | |
My joy, my grief, my hope, my love | |
Did all within this circle move. | |
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A narrow compass! and yet there | |
Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair: | 10 |
Give me but what this ribband bound, | |
Take all the rest the Sun goes round. | |
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