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Ayres and Dialogues

(To be Sung to the Theorbo-Lute or Base-Violl)

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To his Friend THOMAS STANLEY, Esq; On his ODES Set and Published By Mr. JOHN GAMBLE.
  
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To his Friend THOMAS STANLEY, Esq; On his ODES Set and Published By Mr. JOHN GAMBLE.

Stanley the Darling of Apollo, you
That make at once both Verse and Musick too;
So sweet a Master of so sweet a Muse,
Whom not to name with honour, were t'abuse.
How your words flow! How sweetly do they Chyme,
VVhen your pure Couplets do imbrace in Ryme!
How quick, how lovely, and how full of Sence
Your Fancie is, and all that springs from thence!
VVhich Gamble has enliv'ned by his Art,
And breath'd an Active Soul through every part:
And so deduc'd your Mind to us, that we
May feast our Ears and Souls with raritie.
How much to You, how much to Him we owe,
VVe can conceive, but cannot make you know;
Nor have we thanks proportion'd to your worth,
You that did make, and He that set them forth,
In such a lively Dress too, VVe admire
VVhat we cann't praise, what we cann't do, Desire;
And therefore turn our praises into prayers,
That You'l make more such Odes, He more such Ayres.
Alexander Broome.