John Cleveland - Mark Antony

Whenas the nightingale chanted her vespers , And the wild forester couched on the ground , Venus invited me in th' evening whispers Unto a fragrant field with roses crowned , Where she before had sent My wishes' complement; Unto my heart's content Played with me on the green. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. First on her cherry cheeks I mine eyes feasted , Thence fear surfeiting made me retire; Next on her warmer lips , which when I tasted My duller spirits made active as fire. Then we began to dart Each at another's heart , Arrows that knew no smart , Sweet lips and smiles between. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. Wanting a glass to plait her amber tresses , Which like a bracelet rich decked mine arm , Gaudier than Juno wears whenas she graces Jove with embraces more stately than warm; Then did she peep in mine Eyes' humor crystalline; I in her eyes was seen , As if we one had been. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. Mystical grammar of amorous glances; Feeling of pulses , the physic of love; Rhetorical courtings and musical dances; Numb'ring of kisses arithmetic prove; Eyes like astronomy; Straight-limbed geometry; In her art's ingeny Our wits were sharp and keen. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen.John Clevelandhttp://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mark-antony-2/