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A46239
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Claraphil and Clarinda in a forrest of fancies. By Tho: Jordan, Gent.
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Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?
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for him So shall you nere be jealous but expell That plague which turns a Marriage to a Hell May you live free from Sorrows nay from Fears Growing no lesse in Graces than in years But if a widow'd life you think more bliss May that prove full as happy to you as this An Epithalamium on the much honoured Pair T. S. Esquire and Mrs. D. E. SO at the first the Soul and Body met VVhen the Creator did in Councel set To make a Little world command the Great Nor are your Flames less Innocent than they Befor the Grand Impostor did betray Their fatal Freedoms to the Worlds decay Therefore let all that Heaven can dispense To royal Mankinde in the Soul and Sense Possess ye with Seraphick influence May all the promis'd Blessings on each Nation From Genesis to Iohn's high Revelation Contribute to your Cordial Coronation May both your Brows be circled with such Beams Of Glory as appear'd in Iacob's Dreams Or the Dove darted upon Iordan's Streams May Lovers light their Torches at your Flame And may the power of Stanley's single Name Prove the sublimest Epithet of Fame May your hearts fix above the force of Fate May neither Princes frown nor Peoples hate Your fair Affections dis-unanimate May ye have all ye can desire And when Your wishes have out-vied the thoughts of Men Some Power direct you how to wish agen An Acrostich on two Pairs of Inseparable Friends married in one Day Jove Joyn these Pairs and May each Blessed Bride Obtain A Guard of Angels for A Guide Heaven Nature Vertue Reason in cōmuniō Nobilitate Enrich and Love Your Union Grace Faith and Knowledge Bind ye may ye be Each Others Bliss No Evil Injure ye Let nothing Re-divide Eternal Rest Love Dwell and Last in each Diviner Brest An Epithalamium in a double Acrostich written on the noble Names and sacred Nuptials of the worthily honoured Edward Marrow Esquire and the truly virtuous Mrs Anne Grantham E minent Palr what ever Sidney saw I In ARGALUS and his PARTHENI A D lineate your Excellence how then Shall I depict ye with so poor a PeN What Power shall I implore Apollo's gone For whom my Muse lies drench'd in Helico N A rts are malignant Poems out of Date The Lay-man calls Learning a Reprobat E Reason is banish'd and what ere did spring From those fair Banks where Peace was flourishin G D ivinest Pair whose bright Perfections are More luminary than the morning Sta R M ay all the Pleasures Phebus ever saw In Europe Asia or Americ A A ttend your Genial Joyes What Nature can Contribute to the Excellence of Ma N R edouble your felicity May Night And Day contend wch shal yield most deligh T Riches and Honor Virtue the best Wealth Beauty with all the circumstance of Healt H Obey your wish and he that will not pray As I have done is Love's Anathem A W ar never fright ye wheresoere ye come May bright Apollo's Harp drown Mars his DruM An Aerostical Eulogie written on the worthy name of Mr. William Legassick second sonne to Mr. Henry Legassick of little Hempstead in the County of Devon With a heart free from Flatteries fair crimes L et me salute you in these rural Rhymes I must confess the favours you have done E xceed my best Congratulation Love whose bright Laws you never disobay G uides you to do more then a Verse can pay L earning and those accommodations which A mplifie Nature and make Spirits rich I mprove their fertile Faculties and do Shine forth the brighter 'cause they dwel in you A great Apostle 't was that said if I Speak Angels language without Charity M y words are but as tinkling Cimbals You I mitate him have Love and Learning too CHRIST guard your Family and may your Name K eep up till all the world flye in a flame Sic Vaticinatur T. J. A double Acrostick composed on the Names of Mr. Francis Jordan of Ensham in the County of Oxon and Th. Jordan the Authour F Aith Hope and Charity Wealth Worth and Wit Wait on their Names for whom this Poem 's wri T Religion Reason Temperance and Truth The peace of Conscience and the joys of your H A ttend upon their Actions may they know No change that bears the name or badge of w O No ill approach their Natures may the jem Of mutual friendship ever dwell with the M C ontent be their beatitude and may Their loves encrease and meet no Remor A I oy crown their days and may no sad distress At any time expel their happines S Saints be their Guardians let nothing be Obnoxious to their lawful amit J J ehovah joyn their spirits may they grow Brighter then Lillies on the Banks of P O O mnipotence defend them from that Star Whose influence brings Famine Plague or Wa R. R ebellion and those bloudy crimes that stand Upon the red Accompt of this black Lan D D epart from their designes as large a way As 't is from Europe to Americ A. All happiness that ever hath been known From Adam's death to Christ's Ascenscio N N obilitate their souls enrich their lives And grant them handsom Graves or chaster Wives A Cross Acrostich on two crosst Lovers Though cross'd in our Affection still the flames Of Honour shall secure our Noble Names Nor shal Our Fate divorce our Faith Or cause The least Mislike of Love's Diviner Laws Crosses somtimes Are Cures Now let us prove That no strength Shall Abate the Power of Love Honor Wit Beauty Riches Wisemen call Frail Fortune's Badges In true Love lies all Therfore to him we Yeild our Vows shall be Payd Read and written in E ternity That All may know when men grant no Redress Much Love can sweeten the unhappinesS Another kinde of Acrostich S sweet Soul of goodness in whose Saintlike breif V irtue V ows dwelling to make Beauty blest Sure S ighing Citherea fits your Eyes Are A ltars whereon she might sacrifice N ow N one will of the Paphean Order be Nature's N ew work transcends a Deity A rabia 's A romaticks Court your scent B right B eauty makes your Gazers Eloquent L et L ittle Cupid his lost Eyes obtain V ailed V iewing you would strike him blind again Nay N ever think I flatter if you be T hus T o none else by Love you are to me A New-years Gift in the ordinary Acrostich to his Friend Mr. John Curling J f I were one of those that lately sold C onscience and Country for a Gripe of Gold Or had I now a power to surprize Unpittied England with a worse Excise H appily I might lend ye from my store R esplendent Jewels or the Indian Oar Now I can send ye nought but empty Dishes L ove larded ore with Language good wishes I ehovah grant that upon Sea and Land Nothing prove profitless you take in hand G o forth and prosper May your Labours end E rect more wealth then wit