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| EPITHALAMIONS, |
| OR, |
| MARRIAGE SONGS. |
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| An Epithamion on Frederick Count Palatine of |
| the Rhene, and the Lady Elizabeth, being mar- |
| ried on St. Valentines day. |
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| I. |
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| Hail Bishop Valentine, whose day this is, |
| All the Air is thy Diocis, |
| And all the chirping Choristers, |
| And other birds are thy Parishioners, |
| Thou marryest every year |
| The Lyrique Larke, and the grave whispering Dove, |
| The Sparrow that neglects his life for love, |
| The houshold Bird, with the red stomacher; |
| Thou mak'st the Black-bird speed as soon, |
| As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcion; |
| The husband cock looks out, and straight is sped, |
| And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed. |
| This day, more cheerfully than ever shine. |
| This day, which might inflame thy self, old Valentine.
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[CW: II.] |