Mythology & Folklore
Orpheus to Beasts. Song
From Lucasta (1649)
Mythology & Folklore
Here, here, oh here! EURIDICE,
Here was she slaine;
Her soule 'still'd through a veine:
The gods knew lesse
That time divinitie,
Then ev'n, ev'n these
Of brutishnesse.
Oh! could you view the melodie
Of ev'ry grace,
And musick of her face,
You'd drop a teare,
Seeing more harmonie
In her bright eye,
Then now you heare.
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MLA
Lovelace, Richard. “Orpheus to Beasts. Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/63/.
Chicago
Lovelace, Richard. “Orpheus to Beasts. Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/63/.
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