The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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On his Translation of Oronta.
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On his Translation of Oronta.
Flames rescu'd fair Oronta from the Pow'rOf an insulting Thracian Conquerour.
The Fame of which brave Action, Preti's Rime
Freed from the greater Tyranny of Time:
Yet in that Freedome she less glories, then
In beeing thus made Captive by thy Pen.
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |