On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia
Sir Henry Wotton
1568 to 1639
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You meaner beauties of the night,
That poorly satisfy ______ eyes,
More by your number, than your light,
You ______ people of the skies;
What are you when ______ moon shall rise?
You curious chanters of the wood,
______ warble forth Dame Nature's lays,
Thinking your passions understood
______ your weak accents; what's your praise,
When Philomel ______ voice shall raise?
You violets that first appear,
By ______ pure purple mantles known,
Like the proud virgins of ______ year,
As if the spring were all your own;
What are you when the rose is blown?
So, ______ my mistress shall be seen
In form and beauty ______ her mind,
By virtue first, then choice, a Queen,
______ me if she were not design'd
Th' eclipse ______ glory of her kind?