Edward Benlowes Poems

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1.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto I

Spes alit occiduas qui Sublunaribus haeret;
Rivales JESUS non in Amore sinit.
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2.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto Iii

Laetior una Dies, JESU, tua Sacra Canenti;
Quàm sine Te, melicis Secula mille Lyris.
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3.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto Iv

O, DEUS, aut nullo caleat mihi Pectus ab Igne!
Aut solo caleat Pectus ab Igne Tui!
Languet ut Illa Deo, mihi Me ...
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4.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto Ix

Whoso delights to burn in holy Fire
Of Virgin fair Theophila,
Joy, Salamander, ...
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5.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto V

Mundus Opes, Animam Coelum, Terramque resumpsit
Terra: DEUS, Vitam cum tulit, Ipse dedit.
Solus Amor facit es ...
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6.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto Vi

Panduntur Coeli, juvat hinc invisere Divûm
Atria, mortali non adeunda Pede:
Hîc, Animae pennis advecta Theophila, ...
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7.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto Vii

Pango nec humanis Opus enarrabile Verbis,
Quae meliùs possem Mira silendo loqui!
Da, DEUS, Illa canam, quae Vo ...
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8.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto X

ARGUMENT. What's potent Opulencie? What's remiss
Voluptuousness? World, what's All This,
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9.
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto Xiii

Who Chance, Change, Hopes, and Fears can under bring;
Who can obey, yet rule each Thing,
And sleight Misfortune with a brave Disdain, He's King.
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10.
To My Fancie Upon Theophila

Fly, Fancie, Beauties arched Brow,
Darts, wing'd with Fire, thence sparkling flow.
From Flash of Lightning Eye--balls turn;
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