Urania, or A Description of the Painting of the Top of the Theater at Oxon as the Artist lay'd his Design. By Ro. Whitehall |
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To the Most Honourable JAMES Duke of ORMOND His Grace, our most Renowned Lord, and CHANCELLOR.
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To the Most Honourable JAMES Duke of ORMOND His Grace, our most Renowned Lord, and CHANCELLOR.
ILLUSTRIOUS SIR,
While
Arms and Arts contend
Which of them most stands poor Urania's friend,
The Graces at a meeting all conclude
They own, with thanks, this fair vicissitude;
That what the Crosier and the Miter deign'd
May by the sword and helmet be maintain'd.
So we successively have our Commander,
An Aristotle, and an Alexander.
Which of them most stands poor Urania's friend,
The Graces at a meeting all conclude
They own, with thanks, this fair vicissitude;
That what the Crosier and the Miter deign'd
May by the sword and helmet be maintain'd.
So we successively have our Commander,
An Aristotle, and an Alexander.
Our
Theater though 'tis beautifull, in you
Alone it lies to make it vocall, now:
And things inanimate so to inspire
As Orhpeus did with his enchanting Lyre.
Your various tongues may teach youth how to please
More than Quintilian or Demosthenes.
And when the Sophister is at a stand
Your Genius brings fresh topicks to his hand.
Alone it lies to make it vocall, now:
And things inanimate so to inspire
As Orhpeus did with his enchanting Lyre.
Your various tongues may teach youth how to please
More than Quintilian or Demosthenes.
And when the Sophister is at a stand
Your Genius brings fresh topicks to his hand.
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Time
was when that same Antichristian word
Mecænas sounded some outlandish Lord;
When half a dram of learning at one time
Was Language of the Beast (and no small crime)
Who then expected Exile and restraint
Should right the Muses when they made complaint?
Indulgent Providence! thou for their good
Hast one at home preserv'd, and one abroad.
Mecænas sounded some outlandish Lord;
When half a dram of learning at one time
Was Language of the Beast (and no small crime)
Who then expected Exile and restraint
Should right the Muses when they made complaint?
Indulgent Providence! thou for their good
Hast one at home preserv'd, and one abroad.
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