On a Drop of Dew See how the Orient Dew,
Shed from the Bosom of the Morn
Into the blowing Roses,
Yet careless of its Mansion new;
For the clear Region where 'twas born
Round in its self…
Musicks Empire First was the World as one great Cymbal made,
Where Jarring Windes to infant Nature plaid.
All Musick was a solitary sound,
To hollow Rocks and murm'ring Fountains bound.…
An Epitaph upon — Enough: and leave the rest to Fame.
'Tis to commend her but to name.
Courtship, which living she declin'd,
When dead to offer were unkind.
Where never any could speak ill,…
Eyes and Tears How wisely Nature did decree,
With the same Eyes to weep and see!
That, having view'd the object vain,
They might be ready to complain. And since the Self-deluding Sight,
In a…
Two Songs at the Marriage of the Lord Fauconberg and the Lady Mary Cromwell.First Song[Chorus. Endymion. Luna.]ChorusTh' Astrologers own Eyes are set,
And even Wolves the Sheep forget;
Only…
Second Song[Hobbinol. Phillis. Tomalin.]HobbinolPhillis, Tomalin, away:
Never such a merry day.
For the Northern Shepheards Son
Has Menalca's daughter won.PhillisStay till I some flow'rs ha'…
Fleckno, an English Priest at Rome Oblig'd by frequent visits of this man,
Whom as Priest, Poet, and Musician,
I for some branch of Melchizedeck took,
(Though he derives himself from my Lord…
The Gallery Clora come view my Soul, and tell
Whether I have contriv'd it well.
Now all its several lodgings lye
Compos'd into one Gallery;
And the great Arras-hangings, made
Of various Faces…
The Garden How vainly men themselves amaze
To win the Palm, the Oke, or Bayes;
And their uncessant Labours see
Crown'd from some single Herb or Tree,
Whose short and narrow verged Shade
Does…
The Mower to the Glo-Worms Ye living Lamps, by whose dear light
The Nightingale does sit so late,
And studying all the Summer-night,
Her matchless Songs does meditate; Ye Country Comets,…
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