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The Crowne of All Homers Workes/To the Sun

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To the Sun.

The radiant Suns diuine renowne, diffuse(Ioues Daughter, great Calliope my Muse)Whom Ox-ey'd Euryphaessa gaue Birth,To the bright seede of starrie Heauen and Earth.For the farr-fam'd Hyperion tooke to WifeHis Sister Euryphaessa; that lifeOf his high Race gaue, to these louely Three;Aurora with the Rosie-wrists, and sheeThat ownes th'enamouring tresses (the bright Moone)Together, with the neuer-wearied Sunne.Who, (his Horse mounting) giues, both Mortalls lightAnd all Th'immortalls. Euen to horror, brightA blaze burns from his Golden BurgonetWhich to behold, exceeds the sharpest setOf any eues intention: Beames so cleareIt all waies powres abroade. The glorious cheareOf his farr-shining Face, up to his Crowne, Casts circular Radiance: that comes streaming downeAbout his Temples; his bright Cheekes, and allRetayning the refulgence of their Fall.About his bosome flowes so fine a WeedeAs doth the thynnesse of the winde exceedeIn rich context: beneath whose deepe folds flieHis Masculine Horses, round about the skie;Till in this Hemisphere, he renders staieT'his gold-yo'kt Coch, and Coursers: and his way(Let downe by Heauen) the heauenly Cocheman makesDowne to the Ocean, where his rest he takes.My Salutations then, faire King, receiuve,And, in propitious returnes RelieueMy life with Minde-fit means; & then from TheeAnd all the race of compleate DeitieMy song shall celebrate those halfe-God states,That yet, sad deaths condicion circulates.And whose braue Acts, the Gods shew men, that theyAs braue may ayme at; since they can but die.