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 15, 2024.

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Page 77

OF JET, Or PORPHYRIE, Or that white Stone PAROS affords alone, Or these in AZURE dye, Which seem to scorn the SKIE; Here Memphis Wonders do not set, Nor ARTEMISIA'S huge Frame, That keeps so long her Lovers Name: Make no great marble Atlas stoop with Gold To please the Vulgar EYE shall it behold. The Muses, Phoebus, Love, have raised of their teares A Crystal Tomb to him, through which his worth appears.
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