The Passionate Poet With a Description of the Thracian Ismarus. By T. P. [i.e. Thomas Powell] |
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The Ewe. |
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The Ewe.
Taxus fatall and relieuing
Cyprus tree by her exceeding.
Cyprus tree by her exceeding.
And why should Rome call Nero from his graue,
And terme him good, whom earst they did depraue?
Or why should I but now impute that tree,
Which now I must commend respectiuelie?
Nero was hatefull Nero, and despis'd,
Till the succeeding Galba tyranniz'd:
Cyprus engag'd, till Taxus tree relieu'd it:
And drownd his blacke in Eben that exceeds it.
Cyprus is onely practicke in the senses,
Makes sowre seeme sweet, and varnisheth offences;
When eyes see double subiects, and not see
The double dealings of the Cyprus tree.
But Ewe is fatall in the very notion,
The same Cicuta of Th' athenian potion,
Extending to the life by taste or sauour,
To them that sleepe in shade or els receiue her
Into the body; yet reseruing force,
When spirits are from heart and heat diuorc't.
The Cyprus is as index to the page,
Where Ewe capitulates his fatall rage.
Both know one Ismarus, one Italie;
Both vs'd in flame and in Imagerie:
Onely the Ewe for greatnes and intension,
Exceeds the Cyprus and my reprehension.
And terme him good, whom earst they did depraue?
Or why should I but now impute that tree,
Which now I must commend respectiuelie?
Nero was hatefull Nero, and despis'd,
Till the succeeding Galba tyranniz'd:
Cyprus engag'd, till Taxus tree relieu'd it:
And drownd his blacke in Eben that exceeds it.
Cyprus is onely practicke in the senses,
Makes sowre seeme sweet, and varnisheth offences;
When eyes see double subiects, and not see
The double dealings of the Cyprus tree.
But Ewe is fatall in the very notion,
The same Cicuta of Th' athenian potion,
Extending to the life by taste or sauour,
To them that sleepe in shade or els receiue her
Into the body; yet reseruing force,
When spirits are from heart and heat diuorc't.
The Cyprus is as index to the page,
Where Ewe capitulates his fatall rage.
Both know one Ismarus, one Italie;
Both vs'd in flame and in Imagerie:
Onely the Ewe for greatnes and intension,
Exceeds the Cyprus and my reprehension.
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