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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.
  
Portraits of the Author and his Brother.
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POEMS Written upon Severall Occasions.
  
Coat of Arms and Portrait.
  
An Addresse By the Author:
  
To his honoured friend ye authour vpon his Poems.
  
Vpon a Reviewe of Virgil, translated by Mr. Ogilby.
  
A Vindication of Poesie.
  
To Time and Honour.
  
A Pastorall Ode; The Eglogue is Lost.
  
The Spring.
  
The Difference.
  
Parted, per pale.
  
Woman Charactred.
  
Silvia revolted.
  
Scorne returned.
  
Supplanted.
  
To Nicotiana. A Rapture.
  
The farewell.
  
An Epode.
  
To the Memorie of the most worthy and excellently vertuous Ladie The Ladie Alford.
  
To: D: i
  
To the Memorie of the Best Dramaticke English Poet
  
Vpon Ben Ionson's Booke.
  
To my Muse.
  
Wounded.
  
The Dedication of a Poem, now lost; written in the Royall Expedition against the Scotts.
  
This was placed in the End of the Same Poeme.
  
One desiring me to read, but slept it out; Wakening.
  
One boasting himselfe Iudge of pure Witt.
  
Reversed
  
Ænigma.
  
Fame.
  
Agonie.
  
An Essay;
  
Prevention!
  
The many Scurrile Pamphlets (going vnder the name of Poems,) frequently printed; occasion'd this.
  
Vpon a late printed Booke Entituled:
  
A Strange Maye.
  
When the Cloud of Calamitie, had somewhile overspread vs, and the whole Kingdome plunged in warre
  
After a storme, going a hawking.
  
Freedome.
  
Vanitie.
  
Proportion.
  
The Userper.
  
The Magazine.
  
A Pause.
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Love Platonicke
  
[epigraph]
  
To Cinthia; coying it.
  
To Cinthia Converted.
  
Cinthia confirmed.
  
To the Platonicke pretender.
  
Pure Platonicke.
  
Court-Platonicke.
  
Anti-Platonicke.
  
To the Sweet feminine Platonicks.
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Vervicensis:
  
Vervicensis.
  
To the Memorie of the great Earle of Warwicke
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“The Genius of this Great and glorious Ile.”
  
[subsection]
  
“The Genius of this Great and glorious Ile.”
  
To the Reader of Doctor Brown's booke Entituled Pseudodoxia Epidemica.
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Some Poemes; Written vpon Severall occasions, By the Same Author.
  
To the Tombe of Thomas Earl of Strafford.
  
An Elegie To the Memorie of the trulie Noble and my worthie Freind, Sr William Alforde Knt:
  
To honour the Memorie of Loyaltie & Courage eminentlie glorious in: Sir T: M
  
To the honour of Sr: M: L: Commrd: in Ch': at the Releife of P'.
  
Vpon an excellent Treatise Written by T: B: D: M: called Religio Medici
  
To my honored Cozen P: Cr: Esqr. an Affectionate Invitation
  
To the Memorie of the Excellent Dramatique English Poets; Mr. Fra: Beaumont & Mr. Io: Fletcher;
  
Sent to my dearest Brother Sexto Septembr, 1648: by Rt: Ta
  
An Ode Vpon the incomparable Liricke Poesie Written by Mr. George Herbert;
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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.
 IX. 
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.
  
To Mr. Ogilby:
  
The Author;
  
[Portrait of the Author.]
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ΙΙΟΛΥΛΟΓΙΑ;
  
An Ecloge Spoken by Amintas and Strephon.
  
An Ecloge: Spoken by Mælibeus and Dorilus.
  
An Ecloge: Spoken by Halon and Eudœmon
  
An Ecloge: Spoken by Damon and Amintas.
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An Ecloge: Spoken by Hilas and Strephon.
  
THE SONGE.
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Eclesiasticus:
  
The Induction to the worke.
 I. 
Cap. i.
 II. 
Chap. ii.
 III. 
Chap. iii.
 IV. 
Chap. iv.
 V. 
Chap. v.
 VI. 
Chap. vi.
 VII. 
Chap. vii.
 VIII. 
Chap. viii.
 IX. 
Chap. ix.
 X. 
Chap. x.
 XI. 
Chap. xi.
 XII. 
Chap. xii.
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VOL. III. VOL. IV.
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Eclesiasticus.
 XIII. 
Chap. xiii.
 XIV. 
Chap. xiv.
 XV. 
Chap. xv.
 XVI. 
Chap. xvi.
 XVII. 
Chap. xvii.
 XVIII. 
Chap. xviii.
 XIX. 
Chap. xix.
 XX. 
Chap. xx.
 XXI. 
Chap. xxi.
 XXII. 
Chap. xxii.
 XXIII. 
Chap. xxiii.
 XXIV. 
Chap. xxiv.
 XXV. 
Chap. xxv.
 XXVI. 
Chap. xxvi.
 XXVII. 
Chap. xxvii.
 XXVIII. 
Chap. xxviii.
 XXIX. 
Chap. xxix.
 XXX. 
Chap. xxx.
 XXXI. 
Chap. xxxi.
 XXXII. 
Chap. xxxii.
 XXXIII. 
Chap. xxxiii.
 XXXIV. 
Chap. xxxiv.
 XXXV. 
Chap. xxxv.
 XXXVI. 
Chap. xxxvi.
 XXXVII. 
Chap. xxxvii.
 XXXVIII. 
Chap. xxxviii.
 XXXIX. 
Chap. xxxix.
 XL. 
Chap. xl.
 XLI. 
Chap. xli.
 XLII. 
Chap. xlii.
 XLIII. 
Chap. xliii.
 XLIV. 
Chap. xliv.
 XLV. 
Chap. xlv.
 XLVI. 
Chap. xlvi.
 XLVII. 
Chap. xlvii.
 XLVIII. 
Cap. xlviii.
 XLIX. 
Chap. xlix.
 L. 
Chap. l.
 LI. 
Chap. li.
  
[epilogue]
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TRINARCHODIA
  
The Author vpon his Picture before these Poems.
  
Vpon the Frontispice.
  
Vpon the Picture of Richard the Second.
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The severall Raignes of Richard the Second Henrie the Fourth, & Henrie the Fifth
  
The Dedication.
  
To the Reader
  
The Generall Argument of this followinge TRINARCHODIA.
  
The Raigne of Richard the second.
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The Raigne of Henry the Fourth.
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The Raigne of Henrie the Fifth.
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[subsection]
  
Crastini Animarum.
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Idyllia.
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Idyllia: The Distemper.
  
The Illustration.
 1. 
Idyll I.
 2. 
Idyll 2.
 3. 
Idyll iii.
 4. 
Idyll 4.
 5. 
Idyll 5.
  
L' Envoy.
  
The Designe.
  
The Colouringe.
  
The Shadow
  
Proportion.
  
The Landskip.
  
The Ceremonie.
  
Vpon the Reading: a Booke, called the Life of Periskirus.
  
Vpon the Excellent Poems of Mr. George Herbert.
  
An Occasionall reflection
  
[Man yet a Stranger from ye Africke Side]

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Thus have I travail'd, in the Dangerous waies
Of a strange Countrey; Survai'd every Place,
Seen every People, all the Affections knowne
Which are in Mortalls; I have seene my owne
Frailties & Follies, Passions full in strife;
I have Survaied the Affaires of all my Life
With Shame & wonder; plainly to Behold
ffrailtie soe forward, Ignorance soe bold.
Here I saw Man, & read the private thought
Of Humanes, what they are, & what they ought;
Here vertue crownéd is, & I have seene
A Throne of Glorie to receive this Queene.
Here Wisedome dwelleth, & her Temples shine
With Truth & Iustice, perfect & Devine;
Mercy, in spotless Robes of Innocence,
And Charity, adorn'd wth Excellence;
Modesty, Temperance, & all the good
119

Can be made knowne, as in a Mirror stood.
Againe, I saw all the Deformities
Of Sin, the many heads of Hydra vice;
Iniustice, party-colour'd; Murder, wrath,
Oppression, Envy; & the noisome breath
Of black Detraction rose; I saw the fface
Of Fraud, reverst; Adulterie, Excess,
And Curiositye; I saw the Crimes
Of these, our owne, and of all former Times.
I stand amaz'd, when I collect my Thought
T' instruct my Pen, what Precepts I had taught;
I blush to see our great Siracides
ffall to the Vote of a low Paraphrase;
Ah let me Split my Pen, & teare the Sheet;
(My Soul is Sad, my Dull Eyes flame to see 't;)
What have I done? Let me recant in Time,
And wast my selfe in Tears, to wash my Crime;
I am a statue, fixéd to behold
Frailty soe forward, Ignorance soe bold:
But now, ev'n now, (me thinkes) I see a Sparke
Of Divine fire, t' illuminate the Darke
Mists of a fainting Soul; oh! let me turne
To Kisse the Flame; I'me cold & cannot burne.
Ah! let mee Creep to find it; 'tis almost
Glareing in Embers; blow, or 'twill be lost;
I, now it Spreads; See, now it rises higher!
And from a Sparke, it is become a fire.
I had beene lost for ever, but this Light
Came to direct my poore depresséd Spright.
120

Oh! glorious Light! oh! fflame certaine Devine,
In my Darke Bosome maiest thou ever Shine!
Oh! thou my Comfort! thou who didst inspire
My frozen Spirits with this holy fire;
Accept these Weake endeavors; Doubly thyne:
Both as my Vow, and as a Right Devine.
Thou who didst lead me, in my Iourney on
Through all ye Affaires yt I have ever knowne,
ffrom ye wombe vpward; in my Childhood kept
Me safe from Danger,—when my Nurses Slept;—
Safe in the Cradle; in the Slipperie state
Of youth, didst guard mee from all dismall fate;
Art now my Lord & Gvide, now in the strong
Estate of Man, & the sweet Time of younge.
Be Gracious still, that all my after-Daies,
(Till Earth to Earth resolve, & my Life Cease)
Be to thy Glorie; & my Dyinge Breath
Magnifie thee; Let me not Die, in Death.
Oh may these Lines Survive, when I am lost
In the Darke Grave, & Swallowed in Dust.
May this of Me remaine a Monument
Of Praise to thee, for ever permanent.
Here stay my Wand'ring verse & let me seale
My Vowes, not in Expressions, but in Zeale.
Desine plura musa ------
------ cum imperat Me canemus
1639.
Ianij vndecimo die.
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