The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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The xv Ode in Horace Lib. 3. Imitated
Uxor pauperis Ibici,
Tandem Nequitiæ fige Modum tuæ,
Famosisq; Laboribus, &c.
Tandem Nequitiæ fige Modum tuæ,
Famosisq; Laboribus, &c.
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At length, thou antiquated Whore,Leave trading off, and sin no more;
For Shame in your old Age turn Nun,
As Whores of everlasting Memory have done.
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Why shouldst thou still frequent the Sport,The Balls, and Revels of the Court?
Or why at glittering Masks appear,
Only to fill the Triumphs of the Fair?
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To Ghent or Brussels strait adjourn,The Lewdness of your former Life to mourn,
There brawny Priests in Plenty you may hire,
If Whip, and wholesom Sackcloth cannot quench the fire.
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Your Daughter's for the Business made,To her in Conscience quit your Trade.
Thus, when his conquering Days were done,
Victorious Charles resign'd his Kingdom to his Son.
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Alas! ne'er thrum your long disus'd Guittar,Nor with Pulvilio's scent your Hair,
But in some lonely Cell abide,
With Rosary and Psalter dangling at your Side.
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