Poems on several occasions by the Duke of Buckingham, The late Lord Rochester, Sir John Denham, Sir George Etheridge, Andrew Marvel, Esq., the famous Spencer, Madam Behn, and several other poets of this age.
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Poems on several occasions by the Duke of Buckingham, The late Lord Rochester, Sir John Denham, Sir George Etheridge, Andrew Marvel, Esq., the famous Spencer, Madam Behn, and several other poets of this age.
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London :: Printed and are to be sold by Dan. Browne ... and Tho. Axe ...,
1696.
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"Poems on several occasions by the Duke of Buckingham, The late Lord Rochester, Sir John Denham, Sir George Etheridge, Andrew Marvel, Esq., the famous Spencer, Madam Behn, and several other poets of this age." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29982.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
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On FORTUNE.
By the Duke of Buckingham.
FOrtune made up of Toys, and Impudence,That common Jade, that has not common Sense;But fond of Business, insolently daresPretend to rule, yet spoils the World's Affairs.She flutt'ring up and down, her Favours throwsOn the next met, not minding what she does,Nor why, nor whom she helps, or injures knows;Sometimes she Smiles, then like a Fury raves,And seldom truly loves but Fools and Knaves:Let her love whom she please, I scorn to wooe her.While she stays with me, I'll be civil to her;But if she offers once to move her Wings,I'll fling her back all her vain Gewgaw things;
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And Arm'd with Virtue will more Glorious stand,Than if the Bitch still bent at my Command:I'll marry Honesty, tho' ne'er so poor,Rather than follow such a dull blind Whore.
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