IN my first Prime, when childish Humours fed
My wanton Wit, ere I did know the Blisse
Lies in a loving Eye, or amorous Kisse,
Or with what Sighs a Lover warmes his Bed;
By the sweet Thespian Sisters Errour led,
I had more mind to read, than lov'd to write,
And so to praise a perfect Red and White;
But [God wote] knew not what was in my Head,
Love smil'd to see me take so great Delight,
To turne those Antiques of the Age of Gold,
And that I might more Mysteries behold,
He set so faire a Volume to my Sight,
That I Ephemerides laid aside,
Glad on this blushing Book my Death to read▪
Poems, by that most famous wit, William Drummond of Hawthornden
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- Title
- Poems, by that most famous wit, William Drummond of Hawthornden
- Author
- Drummond, William, 1585-1649.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Richard Tomlins ...,
- 1656.
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- Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Poetry.
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"Poems, by that most famous wit, William Drummond of Hawthornden." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36573.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.