Poems and translations with the Sophy / written by the Honourable Sir John Denham, Knight of the Bath.
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Poems and translations with the Sophy / written by the Honourable Sir John Denham, Knight of the Bath.
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Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.
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London :: Printed for H. Herringman ...,
1668.
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"Poems and translations with the Sophy / written by the Honourable Sir John Denham, Knight of the Bath." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35654.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2025.
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descriptionPage 80
Martial. Epigram.
Out of an Epigram of Martial.
PRithee die and set me free,Or else beKind and brisk, and gay like me;I pretend not to the wise ones,To the grave, to the grave,Or the precise ones.
Tis not Cheeks, nor Lips nor Eyes,That I prize,Quick Conceits, or sharp Replies,If wise thou wilt appear, and knowing,Repartie, RepartieTo what I'm doing.
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Prithee why the Room so dark?Not a SparkLeft to light me to the mark;I love day-light and a candle,And to see, and to see,As well as handle.
Why so many Bolts and Locks,Coats and Smocks,And those Drawers with a Pox?I could wish, could Nature make it,Nakedness, NakednessIt self were naked.
But if a Mistress I must have,Wise and grave,Let her so her self behaveAll the day long susan Civil,Pap by night, pap by nightOr such a Divel.
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