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Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse
Contents:
299. A Devout Lover
I HAVE a mistress, for perfections rare
In every eye, but in my thoughts most fair.
Like tapers on the altar shine her eyes;
Her breath is the perfume of sacrifice;
And wheresoe’er my fancy would begin,
Still her perfection lets religion in.
We sit and talk, and kiss away the hours
As chastely as the morning dews kiss flowers:
I touch her, like my beads, with devout care,
And come unto my courtship as my prayer.
Thomas Randolph. 1605-1635
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Chicago: Unknown, "299. A Devout Lover," Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed December 10, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8P45ZJK2D92MXZ7.
MLA: Unknown. "299. A Devout Lover." Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 10 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8P45ZJK2D92MXZ7.
Harvard: Unknown, '299. A Devout Lover' in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 10 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8P45ZJK2D92MXZ7.
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