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.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Benjamin Crayle ...,
- 1688.
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- Subject terms
- 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 15, 2024.
Pages
Page 24
The New-Year is in Infancy begun,
And to its latter period soon will run;
For when the last Years Scene of things are gone,
The Revolutions of the New post on.
View the Creation made with curious Art,
And you'll see motion run through ev'ry part;
For whensoe'er that ceases, presently
The Object do's begin to wast and dye.
But now this Festival of New-years-day,
A more exalted Subject doth display;
For it exhibiteth upon Record
The Circumcision of our blessed Lord;
VVhich Institution was by God decreed
For a distinction unto Abr'am's Seed:
But when our Saviour came, what need was there
But that this Iewish Rite shou'd disappear?
The Circumcision of the Heart was then
E••teem'd more proper for the Sons of Men;
Instead of Circumcision and the Passover,
Our Saviour therefore did enjoyn two other
More Sacred Sacraments, which Christians now
Do celebrate with a most solemn Vow.
Page 25
The former (a) 1.1 Rite Mortification taught,
(b) 1.2 This a more comprehensive meaning brought;
To wash off Adam's Sin is the intent,
As Water is a cleansing Element.
And all the Laws our Saviour did enjoyn,
Than those he has remov'd, are more sublime;
Since nothing came from him but what's Divine.
Each Festival that keeps his Memory,
Shou'd not without our due respe••t pass by.
'Tis fit we shou'd commemorate such days
With an ecstatick and exalted praise,
And all our Faculties in Transport raise.
Notes
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(a) 1.1
Circumcision.
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(b) 1.2
Baptism.