Poematia latine partim reddita partim scripta a VBourne . us necefiaria. Hoc unicum exorandusreftas, Amice Lector, ut fi quid in transfe-rendo hoc Carmine interpres vel lubens(quod rarius fit) addiderit aut variaverit,vel Genio Linguarum aut Idiomatum co-actus diverfitate prjetermiferit, & excufandi& condonandi detur locus •, qui citius for-fan dabitur, fi Te pnefando non ukra de-tineamus, Vive & bene Vale. THE T H E AUTHORS PROLOGUE T O T H E W I S H. /«\ UID dedkatum pofcit Apollinem°^^ Vates ? quid orat de paterd novumFundens Liquorem ? Hor. Ode 3 1. Lib. I. Me quoties reficit gelidus Digen
Poematia latine partim reddita partim scripta a VBourne . us necefiaria. Hoc unicum exorandusreftas, Amice Lector, ut fi quid in transfe-rendo hoc Carmine interpres vel lubens(quod rarius fit) addiderit aut variaverit,vel Genio Linguarum aut Idiomatum co-actus diverfitate prjetermiferit, & excufandi& condonandi detur locus •, qui citius for-fan dabitur, fi Te pnefando non ukra de-tineamus, Vive & bene Vale. THE T H E AUTHORS PROLOGUE T O T H E W I S H. /«\ UID dedkatum pofcit Apollinem°^^ Vates ? quid orat de paterd novumFundens Liquorem ? Hor. Ode 3 1. Lib. I. Me quoties reficit gelidus Digentia Ri-vus,^uem Mandela bibit, Rugofus frigore Pagus,fjhtid fentire putas ? Quid crtdis, Amice, precari ? Id, Ep. 18. Lib. I. Tbat is,When Poets, oflPring at ApolWs Shrine,Out of the facred Goblets pour new Wine ;What do they wifn ? what do they then dehre ? When Im at Epfom, or on Banfiead-Down,Free fromtheWine, andSmoke^aadNoifeoWTown,When I thofe Waters drink, and breathe that Air ;What are myThoughts ? whats my continual Prayer ? THE. The W I S H. I. F I live to be Old, for I find I go» down,Let this be my Fate. In a b Country-TownMay I have a warm Houfe,with a c Stoneat the Gate,And a d cleanly young Girl to rub my bald Pate. C H O R U S. M:iy I govem my e P:.flion v/ith an abfolute Sway,And grow f wifer and better, as my Strength wears away ;Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle Decay. II. May a Labuntur anni; nec pietas moramRugis, & inftanti fenecla Afferet, indomitteque morti. Hor. Ocyor Cer<vis, & agente Ventos Ocyor Euro. Idem. Ocyor fif Caeli jlammis, & Tigride faeta. Lucan. b O Rus, quando ego te afpicia?n ? quandoque licebit,Nunc Veterum libris, nunc fomno & inertibus boris,Ducere follicit&jucunda ob/ivia <vita? Hor. V O T U M. I. / Senii defcendam, &f caepi vergere, ad ^i^45iP Rure ?nihi exigui fint, tepidiqur Lares ;gHJ@;JS Pra foribus fit fcamnum, fcf fit nonfordida Virgo,Qua molli foveat tempora calva manu. C H O R U S. JEquo animum imperio fubigam, pr
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