The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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Epigram upon King Arthur.
The
British Arthur, as Historians tell,
Deriv'd his Birth from Merlin's Magic Spell;
When Uter, taking the wrong'd Husband's Shape,
On fair Igerne did commit a Rape:
Deriv'd his Birth from Merlin's Magic Spell;
When Uter, taking the wrong'd Husband's Shape,
On fair Igerne did commit a Rape:
But modern Arthur, of the Cheapside Line,
May justly boast his Parentage Divine.
Wearing thy Phyz, and in thy Habit drest,
The God of Dulness his lewd Dam comprest.
May justly boast his Parentage Divine.
Wearing thy Phyz, and in thy Habit drest,
The God of Dulness his lewd Dam comprest.
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