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Poems on several occasions and translations wherein the first and second books of Virgil's Æneis are attempted in English / by Tho. Fletcher ...; Poems. Selections
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Fletcher, Thomas, 1666-1713.; Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 1-2. English.
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in a Manger humble Cradle lies The smiling Babe go ye and see him there VVhile thus he spake a Quire of Angels came VVasting thro' Air and hovering on Wing Chanted Celestial Hymns and Glory sung To him that sits on the Eternal Throne On the Earth Peace and good Will toward Men Attend ye Shepherds to my rural Song Safe are your Flocks nor tedious is my Verse They joyful went and going much they talk'd Of what they saw and what they were to see VVhy this to us said they of all Mankind Sure Heav'n is partial to the Shepherds Life Since righteous Abel first acceptance found Our great Lawgiver kept his Father's Sheep And David from his Fold was call'd to reign No Wolf nor Thief ye Sheep infest your Folds But rest in Peace untill your Swains return FINIS BOOKS Printed for and Sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet DOctor Willi's Practice of Physick being the whole Works of that Renowned and Famous Physitian Rendred into English Second Edit with Forty Copper Plates Fol. The Historical and Miscellaneous Tracts of the Reverend and Learned Peter Heylyn D.D. now colleâ—ted into one Vol. And an Account of the Life of the Author never before Published Fol. The Religion of Protestants a safe Way to Salvation with a Discourse of the Apostolical Institution of Episcopacy By W. Câ—â—dingworth M.A. To which in this Edit is added shewing the Reason why he left Popery Fol. The History of Qu. Elizabeth By W. Cambden King at Arms. Fourth Edition Fol. The Second and Third Parts of the Works of Mr Abraham Cowley The Second containing what was Written and Published by himself to his younger Years Now Reprinted together Sixth Edition The Third Part containing his Six Books of Plants never before Published in English viz. The first and Second of Herbs the Third and Fourth of Flowers the Fifth and Sixth of Trees Now made English by several Hands with necessary Tables to both Parts and divers Poems in Praise of the Author Fol. An Impartial Collection of the great Affaiâ—s of State from the beginning of the Scotch Rebellion in the Year 163â— to the Murther of King Charles the First Foâ— in 2 Vol. By Dr 〈◊〉 Dugdaâ—es Monasticon Anglicana â— The History of the Lâ—e Reign and Death of Edwaâ—d II. King of England and Lord of â—â—eâ—and Fâ—â— The Laws of Jamaica Foâ— Dr. Wâ—llis's practical Part of Physick â— With his Treatise of the Plague Bishop Vsher's Power of the â—rincâ— and the Obedience required of the Subject with a large Preface by Bishop â—aâ—derson 8. Some Animadversions upon a Book Intituled The Theory of the Earth by Herbert Lord Bishop of Hereford 8. A Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Vertues wherein their Nature is fully explained and their Usefulness proved as being the beâ—t Rules of Life and the Causes of their Decay are inquired into concluding with such Arguments as tend to revive the Practice of them With a Preface shewing the Vanity and Deceitfulness of Vice by J. Harâ—â—â—â—f B.D. and Fellow of Kings College Caâ—â—â—idge Pricâ— â—s Law Books The Lord Coke's Reports in English Fol. Judge Crook's Reports in 3 Vol. Third Edit with References to all the late Reports Fol. The Lord Coke's Commentary on Littleton Fol. His Commentary on Magna Charta Fol. His Pleas of the Crown of the Third Part of the Institutes Fol. His Jurisdiâ—tion of Courâ—s or Fourth Part of the Institutes His Eleven Reports in French Fol. Buistrede's Reports with new References Fol Leonard's Reports in Four Parts with new References Fol. The Year Books in Ten Vol. the last Edit with new Notes and Tâ—bles to them all Fol. The Reports of the L. Keep Littleton in the time of K Ch. I. Fol. The Reports of the leâ—rned Judge Sir Henry Hâ—bart the Fourth 〈◊〉 corrected and amended Fol. Reports in the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster from the 12th in the 3â—th Year of King Charles II. by Jos. Keble of Graysâ—â—n Esq. in 3. Vol Fol. Keâ—ray's Reports with new References to all the late Reports Fol. Reports of several especial Cases in the Court of Common Pleas by S. Carter of the Inner Temple Esq Fol. An Assiâ—â—ance to Justices of the Peace for the easier Performance of their Duty the First Part containing the particular Clauses of all men Statutes from Magna Charta until the 1st of King James II. that do any ways concern a Justice of Peace in the other Part the whole Office of a Justice of Peâ—ce is methodically digeâ—â—ed with the most approved Presidents under proper Heads to which is now added a Tâ—ble for the ready â—nding â—â—t the Presidents never before Printed by J. 〈◊〉 o◠〈◊〉 Esq An 〈◊〉 Aâ—â—â—gment of the Records in the Tower of London being o◠〈◊〉 Use for all that are concerned in Parliamentary Affairs and Professors of the Laws of this Realm collected by Sir Rob Cottâ—â— Kâ—â—ght â—â—d Baronet Fâ—â— Thâ— Wâ—ol◠〈…〉 Man aâ—â—oâ—â—â—â— to the Lâ—w of Natuâ—â— by that 〈…〉 Sâ—â—◠〈…〉 of to Laws of Natâ—â—e and Nâ—tioâ—s in thâ— Univâ—râ—â—ty 〈…〉 Univerâ—â—ty now made Engâ—â—sh 〈…〉 〈…〉 a Dâ—â—tor of Dâ—vinâ—ty and a Studâ—â—t in the 〈…〉 the said Laws and of Confâ—â—ences newly reviâ—â—d 〈…〉 〈…〉 of the most reverend Jâ—dge Mr. 〈◊〉 Fitz-Hâ—â—◠〈…〉
Licensed Robert Midgley Jan. 11. 1691. POEMS On several OCCASIONS AND TRANSLATIONS WHEREIN The First and Second Books of Virgil's Aeneis are attempted In English By Tho. Fletcher B.A. Fellow of New-College in Oxon. LONDON Printed for Charles Harper at the Flower-de-luce over against S. Dunstans Church Fleetstreet 1692. TO THE Reverend William Harris D.D. Schoolmaster of the College near Winton SIR ALthough your Favours to me have been so many and so undeserved that I ought to take all Opportunities of acknowledging them yet the very nature of this little Work seem'd to design You for it's Patron and almost prevented my Choice For to whom could I with so much Confidence address it as to You who are accustomed to encourage the Endeavours and pardon the Imperfections of Youth Many of these Verses were writtâ—n while I was under your Care and being the Product of Hours which I stole from the ordinary Busâ—ness of your School and employed otherwise than You directed I am obliged to seize this only Opportunity which is left me of making You restitution I am too sensible how mean and unworthy a Present I now offer You oâ—ly I hope it may not seem so improper to You who are daily conversing with the ancient Poets and making new Ones as perhaps it might to any of my other Friends who are generally engag'd in more severe and serious though none in more Vseful and Honourable Studies Sir I do not find that I have any great Talent in Complement and if I had I should at present think it Vseless For I must beg your leave not to be so impertinent as to open to the World what an honourable Sense I justly entertain of your Worth since You are placed in a Station so eminent that your Learning and Prudence your Industry and Fidelity your Courtesie and Generosity and especially the Sweetness of your Temper and Conversation together with all your other Vertues must be much better and much farther known than I can hope this little Book ever will I shall fully obtain all that I aim at by this Address if it may be accepted as a Testimony with what Respect I am Honoured Sir Your most Obliged humble Servant T. FLETCHER Fairfield Nov. 6. 1691. THE PREFACE I Am afraid the Reader need not be inform'd that these are youthful Poems I have now spent very little more than a third part of my threescore years and ten and I was much younger when many oâ—â—â—ese Poems were written Indeed they were generally the Performances of a School-boy or a Fresh-man which I hope may in some measure excuse the lightness of some of them and the meanness of all The Translation of that part of Virgil which I here publish was indeed a work of time and crept upon me at broken Hours when tir'd with Philosophical Studies I chose to let down my Soul and prepare my self for Conversation by entertaining my thoughts with the Elegancies of that unimitable Poet. Being pleased with his Thoughts in Latin it was natural to try how they would look in English and that Trial produced a Verse and another another till at length I found my self far gone in a bold Work before I knew what I was doing Such as it is I now present it to publick view And tho' I acknowledge it every way unworthy of the Original yet methinks there is nothing which I can so hardly forgive my self as that I took such pains to make it worse than I needed I mean by confining my self to Rhime when blank Verse as it would have been more easie so I am perswaded it would have been more natural Methinks blank Verse carries in it somewhat of the Majesty of Virgil when Rhimes even the most happy of them after tedious pumping for them and having good Expressions balk'd for want of them do but emasculate Heroick Verse and give it an unnatural Softness In Songs Pastorals and the softer sorts of Poetry Rhimes may perhaps be not unelegantly retain'd but an Heroe drest up in them looks like Hercules with a Distaff I have thereâ—ore annex'd a few Specimens of Virgil Translated in blank Verse and because I would be impartial I took the beginnings of the three next Books I hope my Failings will not be an Argument against my Opinion for tho' I am unable to perform so great a Task yet I perswade my self that if a Dryden a Master of our Language and Poetry would undertake to Translate Virgil in blank Verse we might hope to read him with as great pleasure in our Language as his own Whether I have carried this Humour too far in writing a Blank Pindarique Ode let others judge only this I have to say that the licentiousness of Rhiming which is usual in that sort of Poetry among us will make the want of it less discerned at least it will clear me from the imputation of chusing Blank Verse out of Laziness THE CONTENTS I. THE Second Epode of Horace Translated Page 1 II. A Translation from the First Book of Boethius de Consol. Phil. p. 5 III. A Song to his Majesty at Winton 1686. p. 7 IV. Song p. 10 V. Song p. 11 VI. To Thomas Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells staying at VVinton after his Promotion to that See 1685. p. 12 VII On the Recovery of the Spanish Wrack by Captain Phips 1686. p. 16 VIII On the Feast of Cecilia 1686. An Ode p. 20 IX On a Lady's Birth Day p. 25 X. On a Lady's Picture p. 27 XI Friendship p. 28 XII The Impatient p. 30 XIII The Resolution p. 32 XIV The Departure p. 34 XV. Content A Pastoral Dialogue p. 36 XVI To the King p. 43 XVII Eternity A Pindarique Ode p. 53 XVIII The First Book of Virgil's Aeneis Translated p. 65 XIX Part of the Second Book p. 120 XX. Part of the Third Book p. 124 XXI Part of the Fourth Book p. 129 XXII CHRIST Born p. 133 POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS The Second Epode of Horace Translated HAppy the Man who free from Debts and Care Such the first Mortals were Enjoys his smaâ—l hereditary Field By his own Oxen till'd No harsh Alarms of War disturb his Eâ—sâ— Nor dreads he th' angry Seas He slies the Bar nor does he meanly wait At his Lordship's surly gate But either to his stripling Poplars joyns The marriageable Vines And pruning useless branches from his Trees Grafts happier in their place Or in a winding Vale is pleas'd to see His lowing Cattle stray Or his Bees labour in clean Vessels stows Or shears his tender Ewes Or if grave Autumn o'er the Fields erect His Head with Apples deckt How pleas'd the use of well-plac'd Art he reaps â—â—esh Pears and purple Grapes Of these an Ofâ—â—ring to the Gods he yields The Guardianâ— of his Fields Now on some Oak's large foot he rests his Head Now on the sâ—ow'ry Mead. Where thro' high Banks a neighb'ring Current plays Birds murmur thro' the Trees And chiding Rills which o'er the Pâ—bbles creep Invite to tender sleep