Living

In Natalem Augustissimi Principis Caroli.

by Thomas Randolph 1605–1635

Living

PRimatibi pertit soboles (dilecta Maria.)
Elusit que uterum moesta Diana tuum.
Tunc Coelo, nunc & terris foecunda fuisti,
Quae potes & reges & peperisse deos.

Thy first birth Mary was unto a tombe,
And sad Lucina cheated thy blest wombe.
To heav'n thou then wert fruitfull, now to earth,
That canst give Saints as well as Kings a birth.

MLA

Randolph, Thomas. “In Natalem Augustissimi Principis Caroli.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/20/.

Chicago

Randolph, Thomas. “In Natalem Augustissimi Principis Caroli.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/20/.

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