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<h2>THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE</h2> | <h2>THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE</h2> | ||
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<p>Let the bird of loudest lay,<br/> | <p>Let the bird of loudest lay,<br/> | ||
On the sole Arabian tree,<br/> | On the sole Arabian tree,<br/> | ||
Herald sad and trumpet be,<br/> | Herald sad and trumpet be,<br/> | ||
To whose sound chaste wings obey.<br/> | To whose sound chaste wings obey.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>But thou shrieking harbinger,<br/> | <p>But thou shrieking harbinger,<br/> | ||
Foul precurrer of the fiend,<br/> | Foul precurrer of the fiend,<br/> | ||
Augur of the fever's end,<br/> | Augur of the fever's end,<br/> | ||
To this troop come thou not near.<br/> | To this troop come thou not near.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>From this session interdict<br/> | <p>From this session interdict<br/> | ||
Every fowl of tyrant wing,<br/> | Every fowl of tyrant wing,<br/> | ||
Save the eagle, feather'd king;<br/> | Save the eagle, feather'd king;<br/> | ||
Keep the obsequy so strict.<br/> | Keep the obsequy so strict.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Let the priest in surplice white,<br/> | <p>Let the priest in surplice white,<br/> | ||
That defunctive music can,<br/> | That defunctive music can,<br/> | ||
Be the death-divining swan,<br/> | Be the death-divining swan,<br/> | ||
Lest the requiem lack his right.<br/> | Lest the requiem lack his right.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>And thou treble-dated crow,<br/> | <p>And thou treble-dated crow,<br/> | ||
That thy sable gender mak'st<br/> | That thy sable gender mak'st<br/> | ||
With the breath thou giv'st and tak'st,<br/> | With the breath thou giv'st and tak'st,<br/> | ||
'Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.<br/> | 'Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Here the anthem doth commence:<br/> | <p>Here the anthem doth commence:<br/> | ||
Love and constancy is dead;<br/> | Love and constancy is dead;<br/> | ||
Phoenix and the turtle fled<br/> | Phoenix and the turtle fled<br/> | ||
In a mutual flame from hence.<br/> | In a mutual flame from hence.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>So they lov'd, as love in twain<br/> | <p>So they lov'd, as love in twain<br/> | ||
Had the essence but in one;<br/> | Had the essence but in one;<br/> | ||
Two distincts, division none:<br/> | Two distincts, division none:<br/> | ||
Number there in love was slain.<br/> | Number there in love was slain.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Hearts remote, yet not asunder;<br/> | <p>Hearts remote, yet not asunder;<br/> | ||
Distance and no space was seen<br/> | Distance and no space was seen<br/> | ||
'Twixt this turtle and his queen;<br/> | 'Twixt this turtle and his queen;<br/> | ||
But in them it were a wonder.<br/> | But in them it were a wonder.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>So between them love did shine,<br/> | <p>So between them love did shine,<br/> | ||
That the turtle saw his right<br/> | That the turtle saw his right<br/> | ||
Flaming in the phoenix' sight;<br/> | Flaming in the phoenix' sight;<br/> | ||
Either was the other's mine.<br/> | Either was the other's mine.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Property was thus appalled,<br/> | <p>Property was thus appalled,<br/> | ||
That the self was not the same;<br/> | That the self was not the same;<br/> | ||
Single nature's double name<br/> | Single nature's double name<br/> | ||
Neither two nor one was called.<br/> | Neither two nor one was called.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Reason, in itself confounded,<br/> | <p>Reason, in itself confounded,<br/> | ||
Saw division grow together;<br/> | Saw division grow together;<br/> | ||
To themselves yet either neither,<br/> | To themselves yet either neither,<br/> | ||
Simple were so well compounded.<br/> | Simple were so well compounded.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>That it cried, How true a twain<br/> | <p>That it cried, How true a twain<br/> | ||
Seemeth this concordant one!<br/> | Seemeth this concordant one!<br/> | ||
Love hath reason, reason none,<br/> | Love hath reason, reason none,<br/> | ||
If what parts can so remain.<br/> | If what parts can so remain.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Whereupon it made this threne<br/> | <p>Whereupon it made this threne<br/> | ||
To the phoenix and the dove,<br/> | To the phoenix and the dove,<br/> | ||
Co-supremes and stars of love,<br/> | Co-supremes and stars of love,<br/> | ||
As chorus to their tragic scene.<br/><br/> | As chorus to their tragic scene.<br/><br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p> <b>THRENOS</b><br/> | <p> <b>THRENOS</b><br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Beauty, truth, and rarity.<br/> | <p>Beauty, truth, and rarity.<br/> | ||
Grace in all simplicity,<br/> | Grace in all simplicity,<br/> | ||
Here enclos'd in cinders lie.<br/> | Here enclos'd in cinders lie.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Death is now the phoenix' nest;<br/> | <p>Death is now the phoenix' nest;<br/> | ||
And the turtle's loyal breast<br/> | And the turtle's loyal breast<br/> | ||
To eternity doth rest.<br/> | To eternity doth rest.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Leaving no posterity:—<br/> | <p>Leaving no posterity:&mdash;<br/> | ||
'Twas not their infirmity,<br/> | 'Twas not their infirmity,<br/> | ||
It was married chastity.<br/> | It was married chastity.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>Truth may seem, but cannot be;<br/> | <p>Truth may seem, but cannot be;<br/> | ||
Beauty brag, but 'tis not she;<br/> | Beauty brag, but 'tis not she;<br/> | ||
Truth and beauty buried be.<br/> | Truth and beauty buried be.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p>To this urn let those repair<br/> | <p>To this urn let those repair<br/> | ||
That are either true or fair;<br/> | That are either true or fair;<br/> | ||
For these dead birds sigh a prayer.<br/> | For these dead birds sigh a prayer.<br/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
{{close-shakespeare}} | {{close-shakespeare}}</text> | ||