5 To seize the widow'd whore Plurality From them whose sin ye envied, not abhorrd; Dare ye for this adjure the eivil sword To force our consciences that Christ set free, And ride us with a classic hierarchy Taught ye by mere A.S. and Rotherford ? Men, whose life, learning, faith, and pure intent Would have been held in high esteem with Paul, Must now he nam'd and printed heretics But we do hope to find out all your tricks, That so the Parliament And succour our just fears, When they shall read this clearly in your charge, New Presbyter is but old Priest writ large. 15 20 THE FIFTH ODE OF HORACE, Lib. I. Quis multa gracilis te pner in rosa....rendered almost word for word without rhyme, according to the Latin measure, as mear as the language will permit. Pyrrha? for whom bind'st thou 5 Ou faith and changed Gods complain, and eels Rough with black winds, and storins 50 Who now enjoys thee credulous, all gold, Hopes thee, of flattering gales Unmindful. Hapless they My dank and dropping weeds 15 SONNETS. 1. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. NIGATINGALE, that on yon bloomy spray While the jolly hours lead on propitious May. First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, O if Jove's will Foretel my hopeless doom in some grove nigh; As thou from year to year hast sung too late Whether the Muse, or Love, call thee his mate, II. L'herbosa val di Rheno, e il nobil varen ; Qnal tao spirto gentil non innamora; De sui atti soavi giamai parco, 5 10 Quando tu vaga parli, o lieta canti Che innver possa duro alpestre legno, Guardi ciascun a gli occhi, ed a gli orecchi Gratia sola di su gli vaglia, inanti III. 5 QUAL in colle aspro, al imbrunir di sera L'avezza giovinetta pastorella Che mal si spande a disusata spera Cosi Amor meco insù la lingua snella Mentre io di te, vezzosamente altera, E'l bel Tamigi cangio col bel Arno. Amor lo volse, ed io a l'altrui peso Deh! foss'il mio cuor lento e'l duro seno 10 CANZONE. RIDONSI donne e giovani amorosi M' accostandosi attorno, e perche scrivi, Verseggiando d'amor, e come t'osi? E de pensieri lo miglior t'arrivi; a 10 Cosi mi van burlando, altri rivi Canzon dirotti, e tu per me rispondi 15 5 IV. Quel ritroso io ch’amor spreggiar solea Gia caddi, ov' huom dabben talhor s'impiglia. M'abbaglian si, ma sotto nova idea Portamenti alti honesti, e nelle ciglia Parole adorne di lingua piu d'una, Traviar ben puo la faticosa Luna, V. Esser non proche iton sian lo mio sole |