. The poetical works of ALexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604-1631 ; now first collected . ith cryes; dry is my braine,Yet get I not the fmalleft graine of CytJiared though poore, did fweetly fmg,Caus Dionife did promife him thus to thee I wreat mofl gratious King,In hope thy Grace will once my greiffs regard:And by my Pen thy prajfes fhall be fpred,From ryfmg Sunn to his Hefperean bed. Non omnis moriar. CRAIGE. 44 To the Author. WHY thought fond Grece to build a foHd fame,On fleeing fhades of fables pafsing vaine ?Why did her felfe-deceauing fanfie dreame,That none but fhee,
. The poetical works of ALexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604-1631 ; now first collected . ith cryes; dry is my braine,Yet get I not the fmalleft graine of CytJiared though poore, did fweetly fmg,Caus Dionife did promife him thus to thee I wreat mofl gratious King,In hope thy Grace will once my greiffs regard:And by my Pen thy prajfes fhall be fpred,From ryfmg Sunn to his Hefperean bed. Non omnis moriar. CRAIGE. 44 To the Author. WHY thought fond Grece to build a foHd fame,On fleeing fhades of fables pafsing vaine ?Why did her felfe-deceauing fanfie dreame,That none but fhee, the Mufes did maintaine ?Shee fayd, thefe facred Sifters did remaineConfind within a Craig which there did lie,That great Apollo felfe did not difdaine,For that rough Palace, to renounce the skie:That there a Well ftill drawne, but neuer dry,Made Lay-men Poets eir they left the place:But all were tals, which Fame doth now bely,And builds vp Albions glore, to their difgrace. Lo here the C7?^/(;^, whence flows thatfacred Well,Where Phcehis raigns, where all the Mufes dwell. Ro. Prima velim ietieris hitendat amoribus cetas,Et canat ad Cytharam nojira camenafuam. MoUe mewn Leuibus cor ejlpe7ietrabile telis,Etfemper caufa ejl cur egofempcr amo. Vifantur vcnii, pluuicB, vitanttir, et ejhis,Non vitatur amor, mecum tumuletur oportet. TO THE MOST GODLY, VERTVOVS, BEAVTIFVLL, and accomplifhed PRINCESSE, me- ritorioufly dignified with all the Titles Religion, Vertuc, Honor, Beautie can receiue, challenge, afforde, or defeme; ANNA, by diuine prouidence, of Great Britane, France, and Ireland, Queene: Alexander Craige ivifheth all health, wealth, and royaU felicitie. Reat Taviburlan cloa-ked his fantafticall cru-eltie hee exerclfed onLazars and Leprousmen, with a foolifliekind of humanit), put-ting all he could find or heare of, to death,A 2. fas
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