{"collection":"aor","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/aor/bruno/the/the09.htm","path":"aor/bruno/the/the09.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/aor/bruno/the/the09.htm","text":"O LOVELY, graceful nymphs of England!\nNot in repugnance nor in scorn,\nOur spirit holds you, Nor would our pen abase you\nMore than it must--to call you feminine!\nExemption I am sure you would not claim\nBeing subject to the common influence;\nShining on earth as do the stars in heaven.\nYour sov'reign beauty, ladies, our austerity\nCannot depreciate, nor would do so,\nFor we have not in view a superhuman kind.\nSuch poison,\u00a01 therefore, far from you be set,\nFor here we see the one, the great Diana,\nWho is to you as sun amongst the stars.\nWit, words, learning and art,\nAnd whatsoe'er is mine of scribbling faculty,\nI humbly place before you.\n171:1 Arsenico.","title":"The Apology of the Nolan to the Most Virtuous and Lovely Ladies","type":"page"}