Spenser's Faerie Queene, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Edmund Spenser

Hobynoll.

Fayre Thamis[639] streams, that from Ludds stately towns,

Runst paying tribute to the Ocean seas,

Let all thy Nymphes and Syrens of renowne

Be silent, whyle this Bryttane Orpheus playes:

Nere thy sweet bankes, there liues that sacred crowne,

Whose hand strowes Palme and neuer-dying bayes,

Let all at once, with thy soft murmuring sowne

Present her with this worthy Poets prayes.