Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick Six books, also the Socratic Session, or the Arraignment and Conviction, of Julius Scaliger, with other Select Poems. By S. Sheppard |
To the Author on his exquisite Epigrams and other Poems.
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Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick | ||
To the Author on his exquisite Epigrams and other Poems.
Thus
Anacreon taught of yore,
Thus the quaint Venusian chanted,
Songs that made Scilla cease to rore,
And the rage of Tyrants daunted:
Thus Thracian Orpheus strook his strings,
Listned to by Founts, and springs.
Thus the quaint Venusian chanted,
Songs that made Scilla cease to rore,
And the rage of Tyrants daunted:
Thus Thracian Orpheus strook his strings,
Listned to by Founts, and springs.
Thus witty Martial did compile,
Ausonius thus quaff't Helicon,
And here in this our Borean Isle,
Thus once warbled Harrington:
Though thou exceed'st his strain as farr,
As Cynthia doth the stmallest Starr.
Ausonius thus quaff't Helicon,
And here in this our Borean Isle,
Thus once warbled Harrington:
Though thou exceed'st his strain as farr,
As Cynthia doth the stmallest Starr.
Thus learned Maro sang of old,
(Underneath the broad Beech-tree)
Songs fit for to be grav'd in gold,
He was but a type of thee:
Thus Theocritus, and Browne,
Made the Dryades their owne.
(Underneath the broad Beech-tree)
Songs fit for to be grav'd in gold,
He was but a type of thee:
Thus Theocritus, and Browne,
Made the Dryades their owne.
(Deare Sir) the very soule of wit
In this body of your book
Resides, (and takes delight in it)
May that man be thunder-strook,
That (by hellish Instigation)
Shall project a separation.
In this body of your book
Resides, (and takes delight in it)
May that man be thunder-strook,
That (by hellish Instigation)
Shall project a separation.
George Rosse.
Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick | ||