The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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PLINY'S EPISTLES.
[As the sequacious Wax with Ease receives]
As the sequacious Wax with Ease receivesWhatever Shape th'informing Artist gives:
Now represents the furious God of War,
Or in Minerva's Likeness does appear.
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Or wanton Cupid sporting in her Arms.
As murm'ring Rivers, with their Chrystal Streams,
Not only serve to quench th'aspiring Flames;
But in belov'd Meanders, as they flow
On Fields and Flowers, fresh Beauties do bestow:
So should the Mind with early Care be wrought,
And fashion'd for the diff'rent Turns of Thought.
One Art alone too dull a Chase does yield:
Your active Sportsman ranges all the Field.
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