Love
Beauty, Arise!
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Beauty, arise, show forth thy glorious shining;
Thine eyes feed love, for them he standeth pining;
Honour and youth attend to do their duty
To thee, their only sovereign beauty.
Beauty, arise, whilst we, thy servants, sing
Io to Hymen, wedlock's jocund king.
Io to Hymen, Io, Io, sing,
Of wedlock, love, and youth, is Hymen king.
Beauty, arise, thy glorious lights display,
Whilst we sing Io, glad to see this day.
Io, Io, to Hymen, Io, Io, sing,
Of wedlock, love, and youth, is Hymen king.
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MLA
Dekker, Thomas. “Beauty, Arise!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dekker/5/.
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Dekker, Thomas. “Beauty, Arise!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dekker/5/.
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