by George Peele (1556? - 1596)
Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet...
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Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air, Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair: Shine, sun; burn, fire; breathe, air, and ease me; Black shade, fair nurse, shroud me, and please me: Shadow, my sweet nurse, keep me from burning, Make not my glad cause, cause of mourning. Let not my beauty's fire Inflame unstaid desire, Nor pierce any bright eye That wandereth lightly.
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- by George Peele (1556? - 1596), "Bethsabe bathing", appears in The Love of King David and fair Bethsabe [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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