Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
The Dedication To Great Britain, of that Voluminous Work,
Lexicon Tetraglotton:
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
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The Dedication To Great Britain, of that Voluminous Work, Lexicon Tetraglotton:
OR, An English-French-Italian-Spanish DICTIONARY.
Renowned Albion, Natures choice delight,Neptunes chief care, and Arsenal of might;
Who in thy Watry Orb dost sparkling lie,
As Cynthia shines in the Cærulean Skie:
Or, as a Tortoise in her Circling Shell,
Dost live secure within thy Rocky Cell
A World within thy self, fit to defend
Thine own, and fit no further to extend.
Yet with thy winged Coursers dost give Law
Unto the Ocean, and his Surges aw.
The Baltick Waves, and Hyperborean,
The vast Atlantik, Euxin, Indian;
The Adriatik, Tyrrhen, Hellespont,
The White, the Black, the Red, all Seas are wont
To do thee homage, and rich tributes bring
Unto thy Thames by way of Offering:
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Reach to the Shores of all thy Neighbours round.
To Thee, Triumphant Isle, I do address
This Work of Oyl and Toyl: be Patroness
Of thy own Tongue, which here twixt Columns strong,
Throughout a massy Fabrick all along
Goes in the Van of Europes noblest Toungs,
Though they want somewhat of her Nerves and Lungs.
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