QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, <br /> Now the sun is laid to sleep, <br />Seated in thy silver chair, <br /> State in wonted manner keep: <br /> Hesperus entreats thy light, <br /> Goddess excellently bright. <br /> <br />Earth, let not thy envious shade <br /> Dare itself to interpose; <br />Cynthia's shining orb was made <br /> Heaven to clear when day did close: <br /> Bless us then with wished sight, <br /> Goddess excellently bright. <br /> <br />Lay thy bow of pearl apart, <br /> And thy crystal-shining quiver; <br />Give unto the flying hart <br /> Space to breathe, how short soever: <br /> Thou that mak'st a day of night-- <br /> Goddess excellently bright.<br /><br />Benjamin Jonson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-to-diana/
