Clarastella Together with Poems occasional, Elegies, Epigrams, Satyrs. By Robert Heath |
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To a Friend wishing peace.
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To a Friend wishing peace.
Let's all be friends! a happy peace
Would make us prize that 'bove our ease:
Then we wou'd home, and marrie too,
To keep that corner of the house
Yet left unsackt by civil foe,
And drink a round in dear carouse.
Would make us prize that 'bove our ease:
Then we wou'd home, and marrie too,
To keep that corner of the house
Yet left unsackt by civil foe,
And drink a round in dear carouse.
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Oh what a happy thing it were,
To live secure, and free from fear
Of plunder! when the dul hind may
With pig in hand his yearly rent
To his old Landlord justly pay
In stead of King or Parliament!
To live secure, and free from fear
Of plunder! when the dul hind may
With pig in hand his yearly rent
To his old Landlord justly pay
In stead of King or Parliament!
No hurrie then of dread Alar'ms;
From sleep should fright us into Arms:
Gaols shou'd stand emptie then, and wee
Enlarged as the winds may breath
Each where, and as in Jubilee
Live free from fear of sudden death.
From sleep should fright us into Arms:
Gaols shou'd stand emptie then, and wee
Enlarged as the winds may breath
Each where, and as in Jubilee
Live free from fear of sudden death.
The Trumpet then shal onely blaze
In Christmas or at Puppet plaies;
Or serve the Clowns to summon o're
To wait o'th' Judge, at grand Assize;
And the drum onely beat before
A muzled Bear, or harmless prize.
In Christmas or at Puppet plaies;
Or serve the Clowns to summon o're
To wait o'th' Judge, at grand Assize;
And the drum onely beat before
A muzled Bear, or harmless prize.
Then shal we see no arms, but such
As in the great Hall hang o'th' crutch
All rust with cobwebs, which to clear
The Grooms and Coachmen, (as you know
It was the custome) once a year
Must at the Country training show.
As in the great Hall hang o'th' crutch
All rust with cobwebs, which to clear
The Grooms and Coachmen, (as you know
It was the custome) once a year
Must at the Country training show.
In the Kings highway then wee'l ride,
(Not skulking lest we should be spi'd
In private lanes or by-waies cut
By hardy Pioneer) a gentle pace,
In stead of marching to a hut
Or hedge, unto some warmer place.
(Not skulking lest we should be spi'd
In private lanes or by-waies cut
By hardy Pioneer) a gentle pace,
In stead of marching to a hut
Or hedge, unto some warmer place.
O'th' week-daies then wee'l bowle and chat
Of our dear loves, and you know what,
But not one syllable of State,
Amidst our pleasant mirth; and then
(If that Religion bear date)
Wee'l pray on Sundaies once agen.
Of our dear loves, and you know what,
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Amidst our pleasant mirth; and then
(If that Religion bear date)
Wee'l pray on Sundaies once agen.
If Oliv'd peace should once more smile
And say, be happy! to this Isle,
(Dear friend!) as who knows but she may?)
I dare presume that you and I
Shal kiss her feet, and wish her stay;
And he that doth not, may he die!
And say, be happy! to this Isle,
(Dear friend!) as who knows but she may?)
I dare presume that you and I
Shal kiss her feet, and wish her stay;
And he that doth not, may he die!
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