Marinda Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions [by Mary Monck] |
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Romanez de
Quevedo.
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Romanez de Quevedo.
Upon Orpheus and Eurydice. From the Spanish.
Ypon a time, as Poets tell,
Their Orpheus went down to Hell
To fetch his Wife, nor cou'd he guess
To find her in a likelier Place.
Their Orpheus went down to Hell
To fetch his Wife, nor cou'd he guess
To find her in a likelier Place.
Down he went singing, as they say,
And troling Ballads all the way;
No wonder that, the Reason's clear,
For then he was a Widower.
And troling Ballads all the way;
No wonder that, the Reason's clear,
For then he was a Widower.
Timber and Stones with speed did flie
After his Noble Harmony:
The self-same thing I've seen befall
The wofull'st Scraper of them all.
After his Noble Harmony:
The self-same thing I've seen befall
The wofull'st Scraper of them all.
To Hell he came, and told his Case,
Torment and Pain streight quit the Place;
Each Fiend was happy, when compar'd
With such a wretched wedded Bard.
Torment and Pain streight quit the Place;
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With such a wretched wedded Bard.
He had the luck, with doleful Ditty,
Deaf Pluto to inspire with Pity,
And got (if you will call it Gain,
And not a Plague) his Wife again.
Deaf Pluto to inspire with Pity,
And got (if you will call it Gain,
And not a Plague) his Wife again.
With his Petition he comply'd,
But him to these Conditions ty'd,
That he shou'd take, not look upon her:
Both hard Commands to Man of Honour.
But him to these Conditions ty'd,
That he shou'd take, not look upon her:
Both hard Commands to Man of Honour.
So on the Loving Couple went,
He led her up the steep Ascent;
But when the Man does downward stray,
The Woman then does lead the way.
He led her up the steep Ascent;
But when the Man does downward stray,
The Woman then does lead the way.
The fond Wretch turn'd his Head too soon:
If 'twas on purpose, 'twas well done:
But if by chance, a hit indeed
Which did beyond his Hopes succeed.
If 'twas on purpose, 'twas well done:
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Which did beyond his Hopes succeed.
Happy's the married Wight that e'er
Comes once to be a Widower;
But twice of one Wife to get free,
Is Luck in its Extremity.
Comes once to be a Widower;
But twice of one Wife to get free,
Is Luck in its Extremity.
This is the first, last Instance of this kind,
No Fool will e'er again such Fortune find.
No Fool will e'er again such Fortune find.
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