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Miscellany poems
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Phillips, John.
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Mien And takes upon him there O Monstrous sight To play the Pimp or Canting Hypocrite Happy the Heathens whose Impiety Ne'er mounted yet to such a high degree Due Reverence to their Priests was always shown And Distance kept from the Mysterious Gown Tiresias to the Thebans was a God Him they consulted and rever'd his Nod. But hear O hear how mighty was the Hand Of Moses and how powerful the Wand That wrought such Wonders in Proud Pharoah's Land Revolve th' amazing History and learn The Dignity of Priesthood to discern Satyr which was a wholsome Remedy Prescrib'd to cure a People's Malady When prudently appli'd doth Good produce But as all Goods are subject to abuse So this of Late no Publick Cure intends But only serves to black Malicious ends We dip our Pens in Gall when e'er we Write And all our Inspiration is but Spite But Horace free from Prejudice and Rage With Honey did the smarting Sting assuage His Satyr grinn'd not as it bit but Smil'd Both Cur'd the Reader and his Care beguil'd Had Dryden never Writ then Britain still Had with Despair admir'd the Roman Skill But now by his Example taught we know That Finest Satyr in our Soil will grow Our Songs and Little Poems for most part Have much degraded the Poetick Art On Trifling Subjects all our Wit we drain Which little Credit to the Writer gain When these small Rills united in one Stream Wou'd serve to buoy up some more weighty Theam And o'er the World spread wide the Poet's Fame Turn over e'ery Late Miscellany You hardly can a Modest Copy see Broad Words and fulsome Thoughts we now admit And praise the Nauseous Author for a Wit But sure by Men of Sense and Quality The Wretch is Pity'd for his Ribaldry And here the Petty Scribler's Blasted Bays Is propt but by the silly Vulgar's Praise But if you wou'd Respect or Love express And shew your Passion in a Comely Dress Learn how from Courtly Waller's Deathless Layes Chastly to Love with Modesty to Praise Whose Pen ne'er did the Virgins Cheek with Red Nor friendly Ears with undue Praise misled Were I design'd by Kinder Destiny To Court a Muse and follow Poetry My early care should be to raise a Fence To guard All-Pure my Native Innocence My Infant Genius shou'd strict Virtue learn And Modesty should be its great Concern Nor Popular Applause nor hopes of Gain Th' unspotted Brightness of the Pearl shou'd stain For Reputation if it once be lost Can never be regain'd by any Cost 'T is Bright like Chrystal but 't is Brittle too Easy to Crack but hard for to Renew Then closely wou'd I watch m' untainted Muse That She no Meretricious Arts should use No Unbecoming Words nor Wanton Sound The Niceness of her Virgin Ear shou'd wound So shou'd my Writings with the Eneid strive And my Chaste Verse to endless Ages live Whilst all my Readers say Lo This is He That from long Bondage set the Muses Free FINIS THE CONTENTS MOrtality Page 1 A Morning Thought occasion'd by the early Singing of a Lark ibid. Seeing Her with her Hair loose 2 The Rose Anacreon Ode 5th Lib. 1. 3 Lying at her Feet 4 Melancholy ibid. To Mr T playing a Voluntary 6 The Request 7 Masking her self when she smil'd 8 For Constancy A Song ibid. Primitive Love 9 On the Eleventh Verse of the Second Chapter of Ecclesiastes 10 The Cure of Love 15 A Reflection on our Modern Poesy 35 BOOKS Printed for and are to be Sold by W. Rogers MAusolaeum A Funeral Poem on our late Gracious Sovereign Queen Mary of Blessed Memory Folio An Elegy on his Grace Iohn late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Folio Both by N. Tate Servant to His Majesty Ovid's Metamorphosis Translated by Several Hands Vol. 1. Containing the first Five Books Octavo The Original Nature and Immortality of the Soul A Poem With an Introduction concerning Humane Knowledge Written by Sir Iohn Davies Attorney-General to Q. Elizabeth With a Prefatory Account concerning the Author and Poem Octavo Mr. Dryden 's Translation of C. A. Du Fresnoy 's Art of Painting with Remarks Translated into English Together with an Original Preface containing a Parallel betwixt Painting and Poetry As also an Account of the most Eminent Painters Quarto The Knowledg of Medals or Instructions for those who apply themselves to the Study of Medals both Ancient and Modern from the French Octavo * Here I make bold to contradict the Ancient Mythology for I never saw the Sun and Moon any way else related than as Brother and Sister in the Greek and Latin Poets