History & Politics

Upon Princess Elizabeth, Born the Night Before New Year's Day

by John Cleveland 1613–1658

From Poems (1677)

History & Politics

Astrologers say Venus, the self-same star,
Is both our Hesperus and Lucifer;
The antitype, this Venus, makes it true;
She shuts the old year and begins the new.
Her brother with a star at noon was born;
She, like a star both of the eve and morn.
Count o'er the stars, fair Queen, in babes, and vie
With every year a new Epiphany.

MLA

Cleveland, John. “Upon Princess Elizabeth, Born the Night Before New Year's Day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cleveland/28/.

Chicago

Cleveland, John. “Upon Princess Elizabeth, Born the Night Before New Year's Day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cleveland/28/.

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