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| ECLOGUE, |
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| 1613. December 26. |
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| Allophanes finding Idios in the Country in Christ- |
| mas time, reprehends his absence from Court, at |
| the marriage of the Earl of Summerset; Idios gives |
an account of his purpose therein, and of his acti-
ons there. |
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| Allophanes. |
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| Unseasonable man, statue of Ice, |
| What could to Countries solitude entice |
| Thee, in this years cold and decrepit time? |
| Natures instinct draws to the warmer clime: |
| Even smaller birds, who by that courage dare, |
| In numerous fleets, sail through their Sea, the ayr. |
| What delicacy can in fields appear, |
| Whil'st Flora her self doth a freez Jerkin wear? |
| Whil'st Winds do all the trees and hedges strip |
| Of leaves, to furnish rods enough to whip |
| Thy madness from thee, and all Springs by frost |
| Having taken cold, and their sweet murmures lost? |
| If thou thy faults or fortunes would'st lament |
| With just solemnity, do it in Lent: |
| At Court the spring already advanced is, |
| The Sun stayes longer up; and yet not his
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