Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
Of the Scene, and ingenious Composure of a Florentine Tragi-Comedy.
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
Of the Scene, and ingenious Composure of a Florentine Tragi-Comedy.
Florence 'mong Cities bears the name of FairFor Streets and stately Structures, Site & Air:
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Fit onely to be seen on Holy-days.
She breeds great Wits for high attempts and trust,
Though often bent on black Revenge and Lust,
We know the purest Streams have woose and slime,
So Vices mix with Vertu in this Clime;
And there are store of Stories in that kind,
Which as I write, come crowding to my mind:
But this of yours will serve for all, which is
Compil'd with so much Art, that doubtful 'tis
VVhether the Toscan Actors shew'd more Wit
In plotting, as You did in penning it.
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