On one that was deprived of his Testicles.
THou Neuter Gender! Whom a Gown
Can make a Woman, Breeches none:
Created one thing, made another,
Not a Sister, scarce a Brother:
The works of Mr. John Cleveland containing his poems, orations, epistles, collected into one volume, with the life of the author.
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- The works of Mr. John Cleveland containing his poems, orations, epistles, collected into one volume, with the life of the author.
- Author
- Cleveland, John, 1613-1658.
- Publication
- London,: Printed by R. Holt for Obadiah Blagrave ...,
- 1687.
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"The works of Mr. John Cleveland containing his poems, orations, epistles, collected into one volume, with the life of the author." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33421.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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Page 354
Jack of both sides, that may bear,
Or a Distaff, or a Spear,
If thy Fortune thither call,
Be the Grand Seignors General;
Or if thou fancy not that Trade,
Turn th'Sultana's Chamber-maid;
A Medal where grim Mars turn right,
Proves a smiling Aphtodite;
How doth Nature quibble, either
He, or she, Boy, Girl, or neither.
Thou may'st serve great Iove, instead
Of Hebe both and Ganymed:
A Face both stern and mild, Cheeks bare,
That still do only promise Hair.
Old Cybele the first in all
This humane predicamental Scale,
Why should she chuse her Priests to be
Such Individuums as ye?
Such Insecta's, added on
To Creatures by Substraction;
In whom Nature claims no part,
Ye only being Words of Art.