Lyric Poems Made in Imitation of the Italians. Of which, many are Translations From other Languages ... By Philip Ayres |
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To Philip Ayres, Esq;
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To Philip Ayres, Esq;
On his POEMS.
As when with utmost Skill some ArchitectDesigns a Noble Structure to erect,
Searches what e'er each Country does produce
For outward Ornament, or inward Use:
So, Friend, from divers Books thy lab'ring Thought
Has all the huddled am'rous Notions sought,
And into form & shape the unlickt Cubs has brought.
Here Proteus Love thou shew'st in various Dress,
From Gawdy France to more Majestick Greece;
Something thou gather'st too from Roman Ore,
And Spain, contributes to thy well-got Store,
Whence (each by thee refin'd in English Mold)
Verse smooth as Oyl does flow, and pure as Gold.
Thus the laborious Bee with painful Toil
From various Flowers of a various Soil,
Duly concocting the abstracted Juice,
In plenty does th' Ambrosial Food produce.
C. Dartiquenave.
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