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The Works in Verse and Prose

(including hitherto unpublished Mss.) of Sir John Davies: for the first time collected and edited: With memorial-introductions and notes: By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In three volumes
Davies, John (1569-1626)

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VOL. I: VERSE.
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Nosce Teipsum.
  
Dedication
  
Introduction.
  
OF THE SOULE OF MAN AND THE IMMORTALITIE THEREOF.
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Orchestra.
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[Dedications.]
 I. 
I. TO HIS VERY FRIEND, MA. RICH. MARTIN.
 II. 
II. TO THE PRINCE.
  
Orchestra,
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Hymnes of Astrœa.
 I. 
HYMNE I. Of Astrœa.
 II. 
HYMNE II. To Astrœa.
 III. 
HYMNE III. To the Spring.
 IV. 
HYMNE IV. To the Moneth of May.
 V. 
HYMNE V. To the Larke.
 VI. 
HYMNE VI. To the Nightingale.
 VII. 
HYMN VII. To the Rose.
 VIII. 
HYMNE VIII. To all the Princes of Europe.
 IX. 
HYMNE IX. To Flora.
 X. 
HYMNE X. To the Moneth of September.
 XI. 
HYMNE XI. To the Sunne.
 XII. 
HYMNE XII. To her Picture.
 XIII. 
HYMNE XIII. Of her Minde.
 XIV. 
HYMNE XIV. Of the Sun-beames of her Mind.
 XV. 
HYMNE XV. Of her Wit.
 XVI. 
HYMNE XVI. Of her Will.
 XVII. 
HYMNE XVII. Of her Memorie.
 XVIII. 
HYMNE XVIII. Of Her Phantasie.
 XIX. 
HYMNE XIX. Of the Organs of her Minde.
 XX. 
HYMNE XX. Of the Passions of her Heart.
 XXI. 
HYMNE XXI. Of the innumerable vertues of her minde.
 XXII. 
HYMNE XXII. Of her Wisdome.
 XXIII. 
HYMNE XXIII. Of her Justice.
 XXIV. 
HYMNE XXIV. Of her Magnanimitie.
 XXV. 
HYMNE XXV. Of her Moderation.
 XXVI. 
HYMNE XXVI. To Enuy.
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Minor Poems.
 I. 
I. Yet other Twelve Wonders of the World.
 II. 
II. A Contention
 III. 
III. A Lottery.
 IV. 
IV. Canzonet.
 V. 
V. Reason's Moane.
 VI. 
VI. On the Death of Lord Chancellor Ellesemere's Second Wife in 1599.
 VII. 
VII Tityrus to his Faire Phillis.
 VIII. 
VIII. A Riddle vpon a Coffin.
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Epigrams, with Additions.
 1. 
Ad Musam. 1.
 2. 
Of a Gull. 2.
 3. 
In Ruffum. 3.
 4. 
In Quintam. 4.
 5. 
In Plurimos. 5.
 6. 
In Titam. 6.
 7. 
In Faustum. 7.
 8. 
In Katum. 8.
 9. 
In Librum. 9.
 10. 
In Medontem. 10.
 11. 
In Gellam. 11.
 12. 
In Quintam. 12.
 13. 
In Severum. 13.
 14. 
In Leucam. 14.
 15. 
In Macrum. 15.
 16. 
In Fastum. 16.
 17. 
In Cosmum. 17.
 18. 
In Flaccum. 18.
 19. 
In Cinean. 19.
 20. 
In Gerontem. 20.
 21. 
In Marcum. 21.
 22. 
In Ciprum. 22.
 23. 
In Cineam. 23.
 24. 
In Gallum. 24.
 25. 
In Decium. 25.
 26. 
In Gellam. 26.
 27. 
In Syllam. 27.
 28. 
In Sillam. 28.
 29. 
In Haywodum, 29.
 30. 
In Dacum. 30.
 31. 
In Priscum. 31.
 32. 
In Brunum. 32.
 33. 
In Francum. 33.
 34. 
In Castorem. 34.
 35. 
In Septimium. 35.
 36. 
Of Tobacco. 36.
 37. 
In Crassum. 37.
 38. 
In Philonem. 38.
 39. 
In Fuscum. 39.
 40. 
In Afram. 40.
 41. 
In Paulum. 41.
 42. 
In Licum. 42.
 43. 
In Publium. 43.
 44. 
In Sillam. 44.
 45. 
In Dacum. 45.
 46. 
In Marcum. 46.
 47. 
Meditations of a Gull. 47.
 48. 
Ad Musam. 48.
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Appendix to Epigrams:
 1. 
1. In Superbiam. Epi. 4.
 2. 
2. Epi. 5.
NIX IX CORNIX
 3. 
3. Epi. 6.
 4. 
4. In Amorosum. Epi. 7.
 5. 
5. Epi. 9.
 6. 
6. Epi. 10.
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Hitherto Unpublished Poems.
 I. 
PSALM I.
 II. 
PSALM II.
 III. 
PSALM III.
 IV. 
PSALM IV.
 V. 
PSALM V.
 VI. 
PSALM VI.
 VII. 
PSALM VII.
 VIII. 
PSALM VIII.
 IX. 
PSALM IX.
 X. 
PSALM X.
 XI. 
PSALM XI.
 XII. 
PSALM XII.
 XIII. 
PSALM XIII.
 XIV. 
PSALM XIV.
 XV. 
PSALM XV.
 XVI. 
PSALM XVI.
 XVII. 
PSALM XVII.
 XVIII. 
PSALM XVIII.
 XIX. 
PSALM XIX.
 XX. 
PSALM XX.
 XXI. 
PSALM XXI.
 XXII. 
PSALM XXII.
 XXIII. 
PSALM XXIII.
 XXIV. 
PSALM XXIV.
 XXV. 
PSALM XXV.
 XXVI. 
PSALM XXVI.
 XXVII. 
PSALM XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
PSALM XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
PSALM XXIX.
 XXX. 
PSALM XXX.
 XXXI. 
PSALM XXXI.
 XXXII. 
PSALM XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
PSALM XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
PSALM XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
PSALM XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
PSALM XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
PSALM XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
PSALM XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
PSALM XXXIX.
 XL. 
PSALM XL.
 XLI. 
PSALM XLI.
 XLII. 
PSALM XLII.
 XLIII. 
PSALM XLIII.
 XLIV. 
PSALM XLIV.
 XLV. 
PSALM XLV.
 XLVI. 
PSALM XLVI.
 XLVII. 
PSALM XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
PSALM XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
PSALM XLIX.
 L. 
PSALM L.
 LXVII. 
PSALM LXVII.
 XCV. 
PSALM XCV.
 C. 
PSALM C.
 CIII. 
PSALM CIII.
 XCI. 
PSALM XCI.
 CL. 
PSALM CL.
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Miscellaneous Poems.
  
OF FAITH THE FIRST THEOLOGICALL VERTUE.
  
A SONGE OF CONTENTION
  
A MAID'S HYMNE IN PRAISE OF VIRGINITY.
  
PART OF AN ELEGIE IN PRAISE OF MARRIAGE.
  
[A FRAGMENT OF A LOVE ELEGIE.]
  
TO THE Q:[UEENE.]
  
[TO FAIRE LADYES.]
  
UPON A PAIRE OF GARTERS.
  
[TO HIS LADY-LOVE.]
  
[TOBACCO.]
  
ELEGIES OF LOUE.
  
TO THE KINGE
  
TO THE QUEENE AT THE SAME TIME.
  
MIRA LOQUOR SOL OCCUBUIT NOX NULLA SECUTA EST.
  
CHARLES HIS WAINE.
  
OF THE NAME OF CHAROLUS, BEING THE DIMINATIVE OF CHARUS.
  
VERSES SENT TO THE KINGE WITH FIGGES: BY Sr. JOHN DAVIS.
  
[LOVE-LINES.]
  
[LOVE-FLIGHT.]
  
AN ELEGIECALL EPISTLE ON SIR JOHN DAVIS DEATH.

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PSALM XXXVII.

If ill men prosper doe not Thou repine,
Nor enuy them though they in glory shyne;
For as the grasse they shall be mowen away,
And as greene hearbes shall turne to withered hay:
Trust thou in God and still bee doinge good,
And thou shalt neuer want noe house nor food;
Delight in Him, Hee shall to thee jmparte,
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The full desires and wishes of Thy heart;
On Him rely, to Him thy way commend,
And Hee shall bringe it to a blessed end;
Thine vpright light shall shine like the morninge light;
And Thy just dealinge like the noone-day bright;
Bee still and frett not, but God's leasure stay
Though wicked men doe prosper in their way;
Suppresse Thine anger, let offences die,
Lest thou be mouèd to offend thereby;
Expect a while, obserue what will befall;
Th'ungodly shall bee gon, their place and all.
The Lord shall root out sinners out of hand,
When good men and their heires shall hould their Land.
Meeke persons shall enjoy the earthe's encrease,
And shall abound in plentie and in peace;
Against the just the wicked haue combin'd,
And in dispight their teeth at them they grinde;
But God with scorne behoulds them from the skie,
For that Hee sees their day of ruin nigh;
The vngodly drawes his sword and bends his bowe
To slay the just, the weake to ouerthrowe:
But his bent bowe shall breake and make him start,
And his owne sword shall peirce his wicked heart;
That little which the just enjoyes with peace.
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'Tis better then th'ungodlie's great encrease;
For th'armes of jmpious men the Lord will breake,
And giue the righteous strength when they are weake;
The just man's dayes the Lord doth know and see,
That his inheritance shall endlesse bee;
The tymes of danger shall not him confound
And in the dayes of dearth, hee shall abound;
Thy foes O Lord, shall perish and consume
Like fatt of lambes, and vanish into fume;
Th'ungodly want and borrow, but repay not,
The good men frankly giue, [and] yet decay not;
Their seat is firme whome God hath best belou'd
But such as Hee doth curse shall bee remou'd.
The good man's goings soe directeth Hee
As it most pleasinge to Himselfe may bee;
Oft falls the just, yet is not cast away,
For God's owne hand is his support and stay;
Though I am ould, the just man or his seed
I neuer sawe forsaken or in need;
Hee doth giue daily almes, and frankly lend,
Which makes his offspringe blessèd in the end;
Shun to doe ill, bee euer doinge well
And euermore thou shalt in safety dwell;
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The Lord who loueth right, forsaketh neuer,
Those that are His, but keepeth them for euer;
His children Hee correcteth now and then
But roots out quite the race of wicked men.
As long as Heauen shall moue and Earth shall stand
The righteous men inherit shall the Land;
The just man's mouth is wisdome's flowinge well,
His tongue, of truth and judgement loues to tell;
And in his heart the lawe of God doth bide
Which makes him walke vpright and neuer slide;
The wicked sees the just with enuious eye,
And lie's in waite to wound him mortally;
But God will neuer leaue him to his hands
Nor him condemne when hee in judgement stands:
Then wait thou on the Lord, and keepe His way,
Hee shall thy patience with promotion pay;
Thy dwellinge in the Land shall stablisht bee
When thou the fall shalt of the wicked see.
The vngodly in great power myselfe haue seene
Soe that hee flourisht like a bay-tree greene;
But soone's I passèd by, and gon was hee,
His place I sought, but noe where could it see;
Keepe a cleare conscience, right and truth intend,
417

For that brings peace and comfort in the end;
When sinners shall at once together fall,
And in the end shall bee exterpèd all;
But good mens' safety doth from God proceed
Who is their strength in truble, helpe at need;
Against the wicked Hee assists the just,
And rescues them, because in Him they trust.
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