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Poems and Songs

by Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition with many Additions and Amendments

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On the Eminent Dr. EDWARD BROWN'S TRAVELS.

Thus from a foreign Clime rich Merchants come,
And thus unlade their Rarities at home:
Thus, undergo an acceptable toil,
With Treasures to enrich their native Soil.
They for themselves, for others you unfold
A Cargo swoln with Diamonds and Gold.
With Indefatigable Travels, they
The trading World; the Learned you survey;
And for renown with great Columbus vie,
In subterranean Cosmography.