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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EPITAPH on Mrs. E. F. who sickned of the Small Pox, and Deceased December the 31st. 1686. being the Day before her intended Nuptials.

THis fair young Virgin, for a Nuptial Bed More fit, is lodg'd (sad Fate!) among the Dead; Storm'd by rough Winds, so falls in all her pride The full-blown Rose design'd t' adorn a Bride. Truth is, this lovely Virgin from her Birth, Became a constant strife 'twixt Heav'n and Earth. Earth claim'd her, pleaded for her; either cry'd The Nymph is mine, at length they did divide; Heav'n took her Soul, the Earth her Corps did seize, Yet not in Fee, she only holds by Lease, With this proviso; When the Iudge shall call, Earth shall give up her share, and Heav'n have all
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