Jonson, Ben · published 1641 · first performed or written 1631 [Jan 9] (Annals) masque · before the Court unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 409 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
To you, best Judge than, of perfection! The Queen, of what is wonder, in the place! Pure object, of Heroic Love, alone! The centre of proportion—! Sweetness. Grace? Deign to receive all lines of love in one. And by reflecting of them fill this space. Till it a circle of those glories prove, Fit to be sought in Beauty, found by Love. Where Love is mutual, still All things in order move, The circle of the will Is the true sphere of Love. Advance, you gentler Cupids, than advance, And show your just perfections in your dance. So love, emergent out of Chaos brought The world to light! And gently moving on the waters, wrought All form to sight! Love's appetite Did beauty first excite: And left imprinted in the air, Those signatures of good, and fair, Which since have flowed, flowed forth upon the sense To wonder first, and than to excellence, By virtue of divine intelligence! And Neptune too, Shows what his waves can do: To call the Muses all to play, And sing the birth of Venus' day, Which from the Sea flowed forth upon the sense To wonder first, and next to excellence, By virtue of divine intelligence! Hast daughter Venus, haste, and come away: All powers, that govern Marriage, pray That you will lend your light Unto the constellation of this night, Hymen. And Juno. And the Genius call, Your father Jupiter, And all That bless, or honour holy nuptial. Here, here I present am Both in my girdle, and my flame. Wherein are woven all the powers The Graces gave me, or the Hours (My nurses once) with all the arts Of gaining, and of holding hearts: And these with I descend. But, to your influences, first commend The vow, I go to take On earth, for perfect love and beauty's sake! Beauty and Love, whose story is mysterial, In yonder palm-tree, and the Crown imperial, Do from the Rose, and Lily so delicious, Promise' a shade, shall ever be propitious To both the Kingdoms. But to Britain's Genius The snaky rod, and serpents of Cyllenius Bring not more peace, than these, who so united be By Love, as with it Earth and Heaven delighted be. And who this King, and Queen would well historify, Need only speak their names: Those them will glorify. MARY, and CHARLES, CHARLES' with his MARY, named are And all the rest of Loves, or Princes famed are.
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
To you, beſt Judge then, of perfection! The Queene, of what is wonder, in the place! Pure object, of Heroique Love, alone! The center of proportion—! Sweetneſſe. Grace? Daigne to receive all lines of love in one. And by reflecting of them fill this ſpace. Till it a circle of thoſe glories prove, Fit to be ſought in Beauty, found by Love. Where Love is mutuall, ſtill All things in order move, The circle of the will Is the true ſpheare of Love. Advance, you gentler Cupids, then advance, And ſhew your juſt perfections in your daunce. So love, emergent out of Chaos brought The world to light! And gently moving on the waters, wrought All forme to ſight! Loves appetite Did beautie firſt excite: And left imprinted in the ayre, Thoſe ſignatures of good, and faire, Which ſince have flow'd, flow'd forth upon the ſenſe To wonder firſt, and then to excellence, By vertue of divine intelligence! And Neptune too, Shewes what his waves can doe: To call the Muſes all to play, And ſing the birth of Venus day, Which from the Sea flow'd forth upon the ſenſe To wonder firſt, and next to excellence, By vertue of divine intelligence! Haſt daughter Venus, haſt, and come away: All powers, that governe Mariage, pray That you will lend your light Unto the conſtellation of this night, Hymen. And Juno. And the Genius call, Your father Jupiter, And all That bleſſe, or honour holy nuptiall. Here, here I preſent ame Both in my girdle, and my flame. Wherein are woven all the powers The Graces gave me, or the Houres (My nources once) with all the arts Of gayning, and of holding hearts: And theſe with I deſcend. But, to your influences, firſt commend The vow, I goe to take On earth, for perfect love and beauties ſake! Beauty and Love, whoſe ſtory is myſteriall, In yonder Palme-tree, and the Crowne imperiall, Doe from the Roſe, and Lilly ſo delicious, Promiſe a ſhade, ſhall ever be propitious To both the Kingdomes. But to Brittaines Genius The ſnaky rod, and ſerpents of Cyllenius Bring not more peace, then theſe, who ſo united be By Love, as with it Earth and Heaven delighted be. And who this King, and Queene would well hiſtorifie, Need onely ſpeake their names: Thoſe them will glorifie. MARY, and CHARLES, CHARLES with his MARY, named are And all the reſt of Loves, or Princes famed are.