Anon.

XXI
SAMELA.

Like to Diana in her summer weed,

Girt with a crimson robe of brightest dye,

Goes fair Samela;

Whiter than be the flocks that straggling feed,

When washed by Arethusa faint they lie, 5

Is fair Samela;

As fair Aurora in her morning grey,

Decked with the ruddy glister of her love,