Love
Paris's second Iudgement, Vpon the three Daughters of my Dear Brother Mr. R. Caesar.
BEhold! three Sister wonders, in whom met,
Distinct and chast, the Splendors coun…erfeit
Of Iuno, Venus, and the warlike Maid,
Each in their three Divinities …!
The Majesty and State of Heav'ns great Queen,
And when she treats the gods, her noble …;
The sweet …ictorious beauties, and desires
O' th' Sea-born Princess, Empresse too of Fires;
The sacred Arts, and glorious …wrels, …orn
From the fair brow o' th' … Father-born;
All these were quarte…'d in each snowy coat,
With canton'd honours of their own … ▪
Paris by Fate new-wak'd … his dead Cell,
Is charg'd to give his doom impossible.
He views in each the brav'ry of all Ide;
Whilst one, as once three, doth his Soul divide,
Then sighs! so equally they're glorious all,
What pity the whole World is but one Ball.
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MLA
Lovelace, Richard. “Paris's second Iudgement, Vpon the three Daughters of my Dear Brother Mr. R. Caesar.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/34/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Paris's second Iudgement, Vpon the three Daughters of my Dear Brother Mr. R. Caesar.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/34/.
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