Lyric Poems Made in Imitation of the Italians. Of which, many are Translations From other Languages ... By Philip Ayres |
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The timely MEMENTO.
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The timely MEMENTO.
The shipwrack'd Bark cannot more sure convey
Our Humane Life into the Raging Sea:
Nor Darts to Mark can more directly fly:
Nor Floods to th' Ocean, than we post to dye.
Our Humane Life into the Raging Sea:
Nor Darts to Mark can more directly fly:
Nor Floods to th' Ocean, than we post to dye.
Then happy thou, who dost so well begin,
And so thy Race hold on, the Palm to win!
Blest Runner! that when tyr'd, and lying down,
Dost rise possess'd of an Eternal Crown.
And so thy Race hold on, the Palm to win!
Blest Runner! that when tyr'd, and lying down,
Dost rise possess'd of an Eternal Crown.
Only by closing here thy Mortal Eyes,
Opens the Passage to Cœlestial Joys.
Then let him take the Earth who loves to raign,
Yet a small Tract, e'er long, shall him contain;
Opens the Passage to Cœlestial Joys.
Then let him take the Earth who loves to raign,
Yet a small Tract, e'er long, shall him contain;
Where he as Monarch cannot be obey'd,
For sawcy Worms his Limits shall invade.
If all must dye, why should we fear and grieve,
Since Dying is the only way to live?
For sawcy Worms his Limits shall invade.
If all must dye, why should we fear and grieve,
Since Dying is the only way to live?
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