Living
In Natalem Augustissimi Principis Caroli.
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.
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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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