 | Hugo Grotius His Sophompaneas, or Ioseph |  |
On the Subject, Joseph. The Poet, Hugo Grotius. The Translator, F. Goldsmith.
Joseph! Thou Heir of Love! in whom wee find
Fair Rachels Face, and holy Jacobs Mind.
Their Darling, Egypts Idol, Heavens Delight,
Both Pharaohs, and Jehovahs Favourite.
Chast, Fair, Just, Great, None such Live in our Daies:
We can but act thy Actions in Playes.
Fair Rachels Face, and holy Jacobs Mind.
Their Darling, Egypts Idol, Heavens Delight,
Both Pharaohs, and Jehovahs Favourite.
Chast, Fair, Just, Great, None such Live in our Daies:
We can but act thy Actions in Playes.
Grotius! Thy Exile was the Worlds good Fate,
Which to thy Books redeem'd thee from the State:
Our common Playes blush at thy Tragedy,
The Law, and Life of Christian Poetry.
For Action Joseph I would wish to be;
For Writing, Grotius, I most honour thee.
Which to thy Books redeem'd thee from the State:
Our common Playes blush at thy Tragedy,
The Law, and Life of Christian Poetry.
For Action Joseph I would wish to be;
For Writing, Grotius, I most honour thee.
Frank! Thou to us his Catechisme didst give,
There Teaching, and here showing how to live.
Sands in Christs Passion did before thee go
In Tragick steps, which thou hast followed so,
That were your Names conceal'd, it might be said,
One did them both Translate, as One them made.
There Teaching, and here showing how to live.
Sands in Christs Passion did before thee go
In Tragick steps, which thou hast followed so,
That were your Names conceal'd, it might be said,
One did them both Translate, as One them made.
S. Gott.
| Hugo Grotius His Sophompaneas, or Ioseph | |