 | EROTOPAIGNION[Greek]: Or the Cyprian Academy |  |
[Rich Britain's unexchausted treasury]
Rich Britain's unexchausted treasury,Illustrious Englands large Epitomie,
By lib'rall nature stor'd with what belong
To state, for beauty brave, for warfare strong,
Refulgent Titan who surveigheth all
Structures contained in the massy ball
Ne're saw the like—As Cypres-trees excells
The humble shrub in loftinesse and smell:
As fairest Lillies, clad in hoary plush
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As the springs glory (the red Rose) exceed
In beauty, and in sent, the foulest weeed:
Or as the fertile tree whose Laden boughes
With varnish pride crownes jolly Autumes browes
Transcend the Idle shrub: so you in worth
Surpasse the edifices of the earth.
As Cæsars courts surmount Amyntas cells:
So neighbouring republiques yours excells.
The Silver Thames whose bed have alwayes been
Made at thy feet, of rivers is the Queene,
Her Barges standing in even placed rowes
Like to a watry wildernesse shee showes.
The Nerean goddesse twice each naturall day
Comes fourescore thousand paces off to pay
The tribute, whom precedent times did call
Great Troy-novant polyanthropicall,
Ring out Bow bells, proclaime your joyes aloud,
People embrace the smothering throng and croud,
To view Flaminius, Euphrosyne
Right goddesse of free mirth come lead with the
The frolick mountaine Nymph faire liberty.
Attended on by youthfull Iollity,
And let your bonfires smoake asspire so high.
As if you meant with earth to sing the skie.
Let sweet Bellonius musick, and the voyce
Of Cannons sing (in a loud base) your joyes.
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