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The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702)

excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck

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On Bassus a Pittifull Poet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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On Bassus a Pittifull Poet.

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Mart. l. 5. Epigr. 53.

VVhy writ'st thou of Thyestes, Colchis hate,
Andromache, or Niobes sad Fate?

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Deucalion (Bassus!) better far would fit,
Or Phaeton, believe me, with thy Wit.