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The poems of George Daniel

... From the original mss. in the British Museum: Hitherto unprinted. Edited, with introduction, notes, and illustrations, portrait, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart: In four volumes
Daniel, George (1616-1657)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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Scattered Fancies;
  
Carmen Protrepticon; Lectori
 I. 
ODE I
 II. 
ODE II
 III. 
ODE III.
 IV. 
ODE IV.
 V. 
ODE V.
 VI. 
ODE VI.
 VII. 
ODE VII.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII.
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ODE IX.
 X. 
ODE X.
 XI. 
ODE XI.
 XII. 
ODE XII.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV.
 XV. 
ODE XV.
 XVI. 
ODE XVI.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX.
 XX. 
ODE XX.
 XXI. 
ODE XXI.
 XXII. 
ODE XXII.
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
ODE XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
ODE XXIX.
 XXX. 
ODE XXX.
 XXXI. 
ODE XXXI.
 XXXII. 
ODE XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
ODE XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
ODE XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
ODE XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
ODE XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
ODE XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
ODE XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
ODE XXXIX.
 XL. 
ODE XL.
 XLI. 
ODE XLI.
 XLII. 
ODE XLII.
 XLIII. 
ODE XLIII.
 XLIV. 
ODE XLIV.
 XLV. 
ODE XLV.
 XLVI. 
ODE XLVI.
 XLVII. 
ODE XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
ODE XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
ODE XLIX.
 L. 
ODE L.
 LI. 
ODE LI.
 LII. 
ODE LII.
 LIII. 
ODE LIII.
 LIV. 
ODE LIV.
 LV. 
ODE LV.
 LVI. 
ODE LVI.
 LVII. 
ODE LVII.
 LVIII. 
ODE LVIII.
 LIX. 
ODE LIX.
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FURTHER POEMS.
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ΙΙΟΛΥΛΟΓΙΑ;
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Eclesiasticus:
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VOL. III. VOL. IV.
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TRINARCHODIA
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The severall Raignes of Richard the Second Henrie the Fourth, & Henrie the Fifth
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134

[Portrait of the Author.]

------ nobis placeant, ante omnia Silva.

Wee are deceived, and Francie is not fitt
To frame a happines, nor humane witt
To Iudge at all. You looke vpon Mee now
Retired and Calme, and thinke (perhaps) I doe
Enioy all you Imagine; that I, here,
Nothing of Earth doe hope, & much lesse feare:
That Noise and Busines doe not press vpon
My thoughts; but thus composed, I'me All my own;
That I Philosophise, or Something higher,
Which Wise men Envie, and which fooles admire;
And Scorne, or Pitty, Equall Natures, who
Run the tumultuous Gire of humane woe.
I must be free; that Shade has nought of Coole,
Nor the Ayre pleasure, to a greivéd Soule;
The purling Streame, wch: you imagine may
Wash my Feet, cannot wash my Cares away;
My mantle is not weather-proofe; yet farre
Safer than my owne Resolutions are.
All the varietie of this Retire
Is nothing to vnsatisfyed Desire.
Something wee would arrive at; but wee All
Trifle in Dust to Dotage; and but call
Things by the Name our Fancie makes appeare;
Which if it be Soe, I am HAPPYE here.
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