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A67344	Poems &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller ... ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes ...; Poems. Selections	Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.; Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662.	1645 (1645)	Wing W513; ESTC R13495	51,950	213

POEMS c. WRITTEN BY Mr. ED. WALLER of Beckonsfield Esquire Lately a Member of the Honourable House of Commons And Printed by a Copy of his own hand-writing All the Lyrick Poems in this Booke were set by Mr. HENRY LAVVES Gent. of the Kings Chappell and one of his Majesties Private Musick Printed and Published according to Order LONDON Printed by I. N. for Hu. Mosley at the Princes Armes in Pauls Church-yard 1645. To my Lady MADAM YOur Commands for the gathering of these sticks into a Paggot had sooner been obeyed but intending to present you with my whole Vintage I stai●d till the latest Grapes were ripe for here ●our Ladiship hath not onely all I have done but all I ever mean to doe in this kind Not but that I may defend the attempt I have made upon Poetrie by the examples not to ●rouble you with Historie of many wise and ●orthie persons of our own times as Sr. Phi●ip Sidney Sir Fra. Bacon Cardinall Per●on the ablest of his Countrie-men and the ●ormer Pope who they say instead of the triple Crown wore sometimes the Poets Ivie as an ornament perhaps of lesser weight and trouble But Madam these Nightingales sung onely in the Spring it was the diversion of their youth As Ladies learn to sing and play when they are Children what they forget when they are women The resemblance holds further for as you quit the Lute the sooner because the posture is suspected to draw the body awry so this is not alwayes practised without some villany to the mind wresting it from present occasions and accustoming us to a Still somewhat removed from common use But that you may not think his case deplorable who had made verses we are told that Tully the greatest wit among the Romans was once sick of this disease and yet recovered so well that of almost as bad a Poet as your Servant he became the most perfect Oratour in the world So that not so much to have made verses as not to give over in time leaves a man without excuse the former presenting us with an opportunity at least of doing wisely that is to conceale those we have made which I shall yet doe if my humble request may be of as much force with your Ladiship as your Commands have been with me Madam I onely whisper these in your ears if you publish them they are your own and therefore as you apprehend the reproach of a Wit and a Poet cast them into the fire or if they come where green boughs are in the Chimney with the help of your faire friends for thus bound it will be to hard a taske for your hāds alone to tearethem in pieces wherein you shall honour me with the fate of Orpheus for so his Poems whereof we onely heare the forme not his limbs as the storie will have it I suppose were scattered by the Thracian Dames Here Madam I might take an opportunitie to Celebrate your vertues and to instruct you how unhâppie you are in that you know not who you are How much you excell the most excellent of your own And how much you amaze the least inclined to wonder of our Sex But as they will be apt to take your Ladiship for a Roman name So would they believe that I indeavoured the Character of a perfect Nimph worshipt an Image of my own making and Dedicated this to the Ladie of the brain not of the heart of your Ladiships most humble servant E. W. An advertisement to the Reader REader This parcell of exquisit poems have pass'd up and downe through many hands amongst persons of the best quallity in loose imperfect Manuscripts and there is lately obtruded to the world an adulterate Copy surruptitiously and illegally imprinted to the derogation of the Author and the abuse of the Buyer But in this booke they apeare in their pure originalls and true genuine colours In so much that they feare not as young Eaglets use to be tryed whither they are spurious or of a right extraction to look upon the Sun in the Meridian in regard Apollo himselfe the grand Patron of Poets seemd not only to cast many favourable aspects but by his more then ordinary influence to cooperate in their production as will appeare to the intelligent and cleare-sighted Reader by that constant veine of gold the minerall which that planet ownes more then any other which runnes through every one of them Thus they go abroad unsophisticated and like the present condition of the Author himselfe they are expos'd to the wide world to travell and try their fortunes And I beleeve there is no gentle soule that pretends any thing to knowledge and the choycest sort of invention but will give them entertainment and wellcome POEMS Of the danger his Majestie being Prince escaped at the rode at St. Andere NOw had his Highnes bid farewell to Spaine And reach't the sphere of his owne power the Main With Brittish bounty in his ship hee feasts Th' Hesperian Princes his amazed ghuests To finde that watry wildernes exceed The entertainments of their great Madrid Healths to both Kings attended with the rore Of Canons echo'd from th' affrighted shore With loud resemblance of his Thunder prove ●acchus the seed of cloud compelling Jove While to his harp divine Arion sings The loves and conquests of our Albion Kings Of the fourth Edward was his noble song Fierce goodly valiant beautifull and young He rent the Crowne from vanquisht Henry's head Rais'd the white Rose and trampled on the red Till love triumphing ore the victors pride Brought Mars and Warwick to the conquer'd side Neglected Warwick whose bold hand like Fate Gives and resumes the scepter of our State Woes for his Maister and with double shame Himselfe deluded mocks the Princely Dame The Lady Bona whom iust anger burnes And forein warre with civill rage returnes Ah spare your swords where beauty is to blame Love gave th' affront and must repaire the same When Frāce shal boast of her whose cōquering eye● Have made the best of English hearts their prize Have power to alter the decree of fate And change againe the Counsells of our State What the Prophetick Muse intends alone To him that feeles the secret wound is knowne With the sweete sound of this harmonious lay About the Keele delighted Dolphins play Too sure a signe of seas ensuing rage Which must anon this Royall troup ingage To whom soft sleepe seemes more secure and sweete Within the Towne commanded by our fleete These mighty Peeres plac'd in the guilded Barge Proud with the burden of so brave a charge With painted Oares the youth begin to sweep Neptunes smooth face and cleave the yeilding deep Which soone becomes the seate of sudden warre Betwixt the winde and tide that fiercely jarre As when a sort of lusty shepheards try ●heir force at footeball care of victory Makes them salute so rudely brest to brest That their encounters seeme too rough for jest They ply their feete