Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick Six books, also the Socratic Session, or the Arraignment and Conviction, of Julius Scaliger, with other Select Poems. By S. Sheppard |
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Epig. 19. On my Selfe.
Some look upon me, as one rude,Quite erring in my Altitude,
For above Atlas Shoulders, I
Am plac'd, and all the world do eye,
When I took for me the earthly Signe
Of Scorpio, in's ascent did shine,
Just in the Planetary houre
Of Saturne, (who doth ever lowre)
I viewd the light; it much doth winne mee,
I have part of that Plannet in me.
No way facetious am I
To toyish mirth or Jollitie,
Yet in one dreame I can compose
A Comedy, in Verse or Prose,
Behold the Action, apprehend
The Jest, and the quaint plot commend,
And so much of the sence partake,
As serv's to laugh my selfe awake.
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