Come, come thou glorious object

Come, come thou glorious object of my sight;
O my joy, my life, my delight,
Let this encounter be,
In spite of fortune free.

See how the twinkling tapers of the sky
Do wonder at our constancy;
How they crowd to behold what our arms do enfold,
How all do envy our felicity.

Look, O look how the small lights do fall,
And adore what before
The heavens have not shown,
Nor the first stars known:

Such a faith, such a love, 
As may move mighty Jove from above
To descend and remain
Among mortals again.

by Sir William Killigrew (1606-1695) , from Selindra, published 1665

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by Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666) , "Come, come thou glorious object"

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