Lyric Poems Made in Imitation of the Italians. Of which, many are Translations From other Languages ... By Philip Ayres |
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The Danger of the Sea.
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The Danger of the Sea.
From the Thirteenth Book of the Macaronics of Merlinus Cocalius.
The treacherous Seas unwary Men betray,
Dissembling Calms, but Storms in ambush lay;
Such who in bounds of safety cannot keep,
Flock here to see the Wonders of the Deep:
Dissembling Calms, but Storms in ambush lay;
Such who in bounds of safety cannot keep,
Flock here to see the Wonders of the Deep:
They hope they may some of the Sea Gods spy,
With all their Train of Nymphs, and Tritons by:
But when their Eyes lose the retiring Shore,
Joyn Heaven with Seas, and see the Land no more:
With all their Train of Nymphs, and Tritons by:
But when their Eyes lose the retiring Shore,
Joyn Heaven with Seas, and see the Land no more:
Then wretched they, with Brains are swimming round,
Their undigested Meats, and Choler drown:
Nor yet their boiling Stomachs can restrain,
Till they the Waters all pollute, and stain.
Their undigested Meats, and Choler drown:
Nor yet their boiling Stomachs can restrain,
Till they the Waters all pollute, and stain.
When Æolus inrag'd that Humane Race,
Should his old Friend the Ocean, thus disgrace,
To punish it, he from their hollow Caves,
With rushing noise, lets loose the Winds his Slaves.
Should his old Friend the Ocean, thus disgrace,
To punish it, he from their hollow Caves,
With rushing noise, lets loose the Winds his Slaves.
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Who up tow'rds Heav'n such mighty Billows throw,
You'd think you saw from thence Hell's Vaults below.
Fools! To whom Wrecks have of no Caution been,
By other Storms you might have this foreseen;
You'd think you saw from thence Hell's Vaults below.
Fools! To whom Wrecks have of no Caution been,
By other Storms you might have this foreseen;
E'er your bold Sailers lanch'd into the Main,
Then y'had ne'er strove to reach the Shore in vain.
Then y'had ne'er strove to reach the Shore in vain.
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