21.12.2012, 10:36
Sovereign of Queens: If vain Ambition move
My heart to seek an earthly prince's grace:
Show me thy son in his imperial place,
Whose servants reign, our kings & queens above.
And if alluring passions I do prove,
By pleasing sighs: show me thy lovely face:
Whose beams the Angels' beauty do deface:
And even inflame the Seraphims with love.
So by Ambition I shall humble be:
When in the presence of the highest king
I serve all his, that he may honour me.
And love, my heart to chaste desires shall bring,
When fairest Queen looks on me from her throne
And jealous bids me love but her alone.
My heart to seek an earthly prince's grace:
Show me thy son in his imperial place,
Whose servants reign, our kings & queens above.
And if alluring passions I do prove,
By pleasing sighs: show me thy lovely face:
Whose beams the Angels' beauty do deface:
And even inflame the Seraphims with love.
So by Ambition I shall humble be:
When in the presence of the highest king
I serve all his, that he may honour me.
And love, my heart to chaste desires shall bring,
When fairest Queen looks on me from her throne
And jealous bids me love but her alone.