Poems by the most deservedly admired MrsKatherine Philips, the matchless Orinda : to which is added Monsieur Corneille's tragedies of Pompey and Horace, with several other translations out of the French . her Places otthis Kingdom ; that devouring Fire, which fmcedeftroyd this famous City; and the harfh Soundsof War, which, with the thunderings of Can-non, deafend all Ears to the gentle and tenderStrains of Friendship, had not made the Publi-cation of them hitherto unfeafonable. But theyhave out-livd all thefe difmal things to fee theBlefling of Peace, a Conjuncture more fui tableto their Natu
Poems by the most deservedly admired MrsKatherine Philips, the matchless Orinda : to which is added Monsieur Corneille's tragedies of Pompey and Horace, with several other translations out of the French . her Places otthis Kingdom ; that devouring Fire, which fmcedeftroyd this famous City; and the harfh Soundsof War, which, with the thunderings of Can-non, deafend all Ears to the gentle and tenderStrains of Friendship, had not made the Publi-cation of them hitherto unfeafonable. But theyhave out-livd all thefe difmal things to fee theBlefling of Peace, a Conjuncture more fui tableto their Nature, all composd of Kindnefs ; fothat I hope Time it felf ihall have as little Power*at »* . • againft them, as thofe other StormsiïJ:r/;:: have had, and then*(Ws Con-teritferrum,nec clufion of his Met amorphofis mayedax abolerc w- wjth little Alteration, more Truth, tuftas, &c. and left yanity than by him tQ him- felf, be applyd to thefe once transformed, orrather deformed Poems, which are here in fomemeafure reftord to their native Shape and Beau-ty, and therefore certainly cannot fail of a wel-come Reception now, fmce they wanted it notbefore, when they appeard in that ftrange THE .THE Earl of Orrery to Mrs. Philips. Madam, WHEN I but knew you by Report,I feared the Trai/ès of ttf admiring CourtWere but their Compliments ; but now I muflConfefs, what I thought civil is fear ce jujl :For they imperfect Trophies to you raife,Ton deferve Wonder, and they pay but Traife;A Vraife, which is as Jhort of your great due,As all which yet have writ come jhort of , to whom Wonder s paid by double Right,Both for your Verfes Smoothnefs and their Height. In me it does not the leaf Trouble breed,That your fair Sex does Ours in Verfe exceed,Since ev*ry Toet this great Truth does prove,Nothing fo much infpires a Mufe as Love ;Thence has your Sex the befl Toetick Fires,For what1 s infpird mufl yield to what as Our Sex refigns to Tours the due,So all of your
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