Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others.
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Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others.
Author
Barker, Jane.
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London :: Printed for Benjamin Crayle ...,
1688.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
Songs, English -- Texts.
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"Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A30923.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
Pages
descriptionPage 86
An ODE.
I'Ve often thought, but ne'er till now cou'd findWhy Heroes so much strove,Their Greatness to improve;'Tis only this, that Women might be kind,And answer Love with Love.
Fortune no Goddess is, but for their sake;Alas! she can't be prest,Nor kiss'd, nor do the rest:Riches and she, of which Men so much make,Are only Pimps at best.
One this way stalks, another that to's game;One's brave, this Hector's high,This pretends Piety:But I'm deceiv'd if Woman ben't their aim,Still Woman's in their Eye.
descriptionPage 87
Scepters and Crowns were silly trifling things;'Twou'd be but poor repast,To please the sight and tast,But that they make Men absolutely Kings,And Kings chuse Queens at last.
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