Du Bartas His Divine Weekes And Workes with A Compleate Collectio[n] of all the other most delight-full Workes: Translated and written by yt famous Philomusus: Iosvah Sylvester |
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To my good friend, M. Sylvester, in honour of this sacred Work.
Thus to adventure forth, and re-convayThe best of treasures from a forrain Coast,
And take that wealth wherein they gloried most,
And make it ours by such a gallant pray,
And that without iniustice, doth bewray
The glory of the Work, that we may boast
Much to haue wonn, and others nothing lost
By taking such a famous prize away.
As thou industrious Sylvester hast wrought,
And heer enricht vs with th'immortall store
Of others sacred lines; which from them brought,
Coms by thy taking greater than before:
So hast thou lighted from a flame devout,
As great a flame, that never shall goe out.
Samuel Daniel.
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