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] |
Upon Mr. Benlowes Divine Theophila.
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
Upon Mr. Benlowes Divine Theophila.
Poets have diffring Fires, some spend their stockOn the grave Buskin, or the merry Sock:
Others by Lyrik feet do gently steal
Into a Ladies bosome: Others deal
With Wars, and sing of stout adventrous Knights,
Of their high Trophies, hardy Feats and Fights:
Some feed their Fancies on th' Arcadian Plains,
And prostitut their Muse to silly Swains,
All these do creep on Earth and if perchance
They for to Sea, further they not advance.
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And Heaven fills with holy Rapsodies,
Fit to make Hymns for the Cœlestial Quire,
And Angels with their Melody inspire.
Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||