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THE PROLOGUE TO THE WISH;
Being a Parafrase on these Verses of Horace.
Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem
Vates, quid orat? de patera novum
Fundens Liquorem?
Hor. Ode 31. Lib. 1.
Vates, quid orat? de patera novum
Fundens Liquorem?
Hor. Ode 31. Lib. 1.
Me quoties reficit gelidus Digentia Rivus,
Quem Mandela bibit, Rugosus frigore Pagus.
Quid sentire putas? Quid credis Amice precari?
Id. Ep. 18. Lib. 1.
Quem Mandela bibit, Rugosus frigore Pagus.
Quid sentire putas? Quid credis Amice precari?
Id. Ep. 18. Lib. 1.
When Poets offering at Apollo's Shrine,
Out of the sacred Goblets pour new Wine,
What do they wish? what do they then desire?
Out of the sacred Goblets pour new Wine,
What do they wish? what do they then desire?
When I'm at Epsom, or on Bansted-Down,
Free from the Wine, and Smoak, and Noise o'th' Town,
When I those Waters drink, and breath that Air,
What are my Thoughts? what's my continual Prayer?
Free from the Wine, and Smoak, and Noise o'th' Town,
When I those Waters drink, and breath that Air,
What are my Thoughts? what's my continual Prayer?
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