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Miscellany Poems

By Tho. Heyrick
  

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Martial's Ague. Lib. 10. Ep. 45.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Martial's Ague. Lib. 10. Ep. 45.

In sighs, Leutinus, thou dost spend the Days,
And wonder'st much so long thy Ague stays.
With Thee in gilded Coach it lolls at ease,
With Thee doth sup on far-fetch'd Rarities:
With Generous Liquor drunk it still is thine,
And knows no Water, but what cooles the Wine,
Crowned with Roses and with Perfumes spred.
Sleeps upon Down and rests on Purple Bed.
With Thee so entertain'd, what should it do?
Would'st have it to an half-starv'd Wretch to go?