Poems With the Muses Looking-Glasse. Amyntas. Jealous Lovers. Arystippus. By Tho: Randolph ... The fourth Edition enlarged [by Thomas Randolph] |
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[Blest Spirit, when I first did see]
Blest Spirit, when I first did see
The Genius of thy Poetrie,
Nimble and fluent; in a strain
Even with, if not beyond the brain
Of Laureats that cround the stage.
And liv'd the wonders of the age:
And this but sparkles from a fire
That flam'd up, and soar'd much higher,
I gaz'd desirous to see
VVhither thy wit would carry thee.
The Genius of thy Poetrie,
Nimble and fluent; in a strain
Even with, if not beyond the brain
Of Laureats that cround the stage.
And liv'd the wonders of the age:
And this but sparkles from a fire
That flam'd up, and soar'd much higher,
I gaz'd desirous to see
VVhither thy wit would carry thee.
Thy first rise was so high, that even
As needs it must, the next was heaven.
As needs it must, the next was heaven.
I. T. A. M.
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