William Drummond - Poems: The First Part VI lyrics

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William Drummond - Poems: The First Part VI lyrics

Vaunt not, fair heavens, of your two glorious lights Which, though most bright, yet see not when they shine, And shining, cannot show their beams divine Both in one place, but part by days and nights; Earth, vaunt not of those treasures ye enshrine, Held only dear because hid from our sights, Your pure and burnish'd gold, your diamonds fine, Snow-pa**ing ivory that the eye delights; Nor, seas, of those dear wares are in you found, Vaunt not, rich pearl, red coral, which do stir A fond desire in fools to plunge your ground; Those all, more fair, are to be had in her; Pearl, ivory, coral, diamond, suns, gold, Teeth, neck, lips, heart, eyes, hair, are to behold.