cuius leve nitent in solem culmina, at infra sole caret gemmantem abdens se truncus in herbam. possit ibi sopita semel ferventior aetas fallere dum teritur: laetus velit error ibidem ire dies totos neque delassetur eundo. huc epulas rite instaurans rex flore rosarum mane nitens aderat crines; hic semper amoenas centum elucebant Phoebo vergente per umbras perpetuis lychni ramis, quibus omne micabat huc illuc nemus et festis laeta orgia mensis: at ferrugineo rutilantes desuper auro lunae intercipiunt frondes argentea tela. Diaphenia. DIAPHENIA like the daffadowndilly, Heigh ho, how I do love thee! I do love thee as my lambs Are beloved of their dams; How blest were I if thou would'st prove me Diaphenia like the spreading roses, That in thy sweet all sweets encloses, Fair sweet, how I do love thee! I do love thee as each flower Loves the sun's life-giving power; For dead, thy breath to life might move me. In Lydiam. Albae par violae, magis puro sole, magis candida liliis, eheu, Lydia, qui meum pertentans animum fervet amor tui! hoc te quo subolem gregis matres lacteolam pectore prosequor : quis felicior audiat, tu spectare fidem si properes meam? o laetae similis rosae, o quaecunque vigent unica continens in te suavia, quam places semper pulcra mihi, semper amabilis ! flores ut teneri iubar almum solis amant, sic ego Lydiam: lucis scilicet exuli aspirans animam tu mihi suscites. |