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A33162
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Cicero's Laelius a discourse of friendship : together with A pastoral dialogue concerning friendship and love.; Laelius de amicitia. English
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; J. T.
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1691
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Wing C4308; ESTC R11183
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Men. Almighty Friendship bless my noble Choice Whilst to thy pow'rful Harmony I tune my willing Voice LYC. Oft have I heard and I remember well When under our tall Poplar shade To Me and to the dear dead Maid Oft faithful Loves old Aegon us'd to tell For faithful Love what Priam's Son could do Priam's Son a Shepherd too How Venus He did worthily prefer Or to the Queen of Heav'n or to the Queen of War Venus recompenc'd his Voice Venus bless'd His noble Choice Tho' Heaven and Greece his Choice deny'd Venus gave the beauteous Bride For Love's happy Violence She Despis'd the Dangers of the Sea The Dangers of the Battle He. Oft have I heard how when War 's rude Alarms From chast Penelope's unwilling Arms Her dear Vlysses forc'd the Widow'd Fair Sat pensive twice ten tedious Year In vain at Troy unhappy Hector strove To reach the faithful Hero's guarded Head At Ithaca in vain with hated Love His Rivals strove to stain Her spotless Bed Love preserv'd the happy Pair Eas'd his Toils and cur'd her Fear Whilst He abroad maintain'd whilst she at home a War Aegon would oft the grateful Tale renew And to it add some happy pleasant Truth That bless'd the smiling Vigor of his Youth Oft would He bid us these fair Tracks pursue And told Us Love wou'd bless Us too But Oh! in moving Words He wou'd relate Eurydice's untimely Fate For whom sad Orpheus lest alone In sweet mournful Strains did moan And ecchoing Rhodope was heard to groan For whom blest Pow'r of Love his Harmony Chang'd arbitrary Fate 's Decree Broke wondring Death 's till then resistless Chain And to his longing Bosom did the joyful Nymph regain Oh! that like Him for I like Him have mourn'd My dearer Loss I might retrieve Oh! that like Her the Maid might be return'd And for like Her she dy'd like Her again might Live But Oh in vain these fruitfuless Tears I shed For Love Deserted and Dorinda dead ALC I too have heard 'twere impious to forget When beneath Yon' spreading Tree To Daphnis dearly known and Me Of Faithful Friends wise Thyrsis wou'd relate How Sicily's envying Tyrant griev'd to know That his delighted Realm could boast of Two Happyer happyer far then He With all his Pow'r and all his Royalty Two for faithful Friendship sam'd Damon I think and Pythias they were nam'd And One in cruel Fetters He confin'd T'other disdain'd his useless Liberty To set his lov'd Companion free He less afflicted that was left behind This the wondring Tyrant saw And own'd the juster Pow'r of Friendship 's Law Their bless'd Acquaintance humbly He did woo If haply of the strong-link'd Chain The least kind Portion might remain Which to the pleasing Yoak might joyn a Monarch too Oft of the Grecian Pair our Priest wou'd speak Whose Friendship Fate it self cou'd hardly break How when sad Garlands crown'd Orestes Head And with cruel Piety The destin'd Victim to the Shrine was led His Pylades did all his skill employ With kind Deceit to frame the Gene'rous Lye And for his dearer Self Himself to dye Both strove to fall Both happily in vain The fatal Conquest neither cou'd obtain The Smiling Goddess did to Friendship give Its just Reward and bad them Love and Live With glad remembrance Thyrsis wou'd commend The wondrous Faith of some old Friend Whose strong surviving Love still warm'd his Breast Then bid Us thus be Friends and thus We shou'd be blest But Oh! with strange concern the Bard wou'd tell How when his Lov'd Perithous fell To amaz'd Styx bold Theseus did descend And lost Himself to find his Friend How when the dear the mournful Captives lay To Death's unpitying King a hopeless Prey Both to redeem the fair Alcmena's Son Alcmena's Son did not disdain To feed his Herds and Love the Plain To the frighted shades went down Both He redeem'd from Both He did remove All Bonds but those of grateful Love This noble Act his less fam'd Labours crown'd Made Him for Courage much for Friendship more renow'd Oh! that like Him a meaner Shepherd I Could make the unrelenting Pow'r My dear lamented Youth restore Oh! that with Me He liv'd or I for Him could dy Oh! that like Them He might return for He Was dearer far than Both to Me. 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