Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
Upon the Posthume-Poems of Mr. Lovelace.
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Upon the Posthume-Poems of Mr. Lovelace.
The Rose with other fragrant flowrs smell bestVVhen they are pluck'd, and worn in Hand or Brest;
So this fair Flowr of Vertu, this rare Bud
Of Wit, smells now as fresh as when he stood,
And in these Posthume-Poems lets us know
That he upon the banks of Helicon did grow,
The beuty of his Soul did correspond
With his fair outside, if not go beyond.
Lovelace the Minion of the Thespian Dames,
Apollo's Darling born with Enthean flames,
VVhich in his Numbers wave, and shine so cleer,
As sparks refracted from rich Gems appeer
Such sparks that with their Atoms may inspire
The Reader with a pure Poetik fire.
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