William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.
Hymn to DianaBen Jonson (15721637)
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Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair,
State in wonted manner keep:
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess excellently bright.
Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia’s shining orb was made
Heaven to clear when day did close.
Bless us then with wishèd sight
Goddess excellently bright.
And thy crystal-shining quiver;
Give unto the flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever:
Thou that mak’st a day of night,
Goddess excellently bright.