UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES
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Candles I'll give to thee,
And a new altar;
And thou, Saint Ben, shalt be
Writ in my psalter. 7
The Night Piece, to Julia
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Her eyes the glowworm lend thee; 8
The shooting stars attend thee;
And the elves also,
Whose little eyes glow
Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee.
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No will-o'-the-wisp 9 mislight thee;
Nor snake or slowworm 0 bite thee;
But on, on thy way,
Not making a stay,
Since ghost there's none to affright thee.
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Let not the dark thee cumber; 0
What though the moon does slumber?
The stars of the night
Will lend thee their light,
Like tapers clear without number.
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Then, Julia, let me woo thee,
Thus, thus to come unto me;
And when I shall meet
Thy silvery feet,
My soul I'll pour into thee.
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trouble
Upon Julia's Clothes
Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction 0 of her clothes.
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Next, when I cast mine eyes, and see
That brave 0 vibration, each way free,
O, how that glittering taketh me!
7. A collection of sacred poems called Psalms;
also, the Book of Psalms, one of the books of the
Hebrew Scriptures, composed of such poems.
8. I.e., may the glowworm (an insect, the female
of which emits a shining green light from the abdo-
liquefying
glorious, splendid
men) lend her eyes to thee.
9. The will-o'-the-wisp was said to draw travelers
astray by holding a false light before them; the phenomenon of nocturnal light is caused by the combustion of marsh gas.