Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses

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Title
Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
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London :: Printed by R[ichard] H[odgkinson and Thomas Paine] for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-hill,
1640.
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Subject terms
English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Proverbs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15606.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

Pages

179 On Caelia.

In Caelia's face a question did arise, Which were more beautifull her lips or eyes; We say the eyes, send forth those pointed darts, Which pierce the hardest adamantine hearts, From us reply the lips proceed those blisses, Which lovers reap by kind words and sweet kisses Then wept the eyes and from their eyes did pow'r Of liquid Orientall pearle a shower, Whereat the lips mov'd with delight and pleasure Through a sweet smile ••••lock'd their I vory trea∣sure,

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And bad love judge, whether did ad more grace Weeping or smiling pearls to Clia's face.
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