Poems, &c. upon several occasions both English and Latin, &c. / composed at several times by Mr. John Milton ; with a small tractate of education to Mr. Hartlib.
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Poems, &c. upon several occasions both English and Latin, &c. / composed at several times by Mr. John Milton ; with a small tractate of education to Mr. Hartlib.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674.
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London :: Printed for Tho. Dring ...,
1673.
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"Poems, &c. upon several occasions both English and Latin, &c. / composed at several times by Mr. John Milton ; with a small tractate of education to Mr. Hartlib." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50938.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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Ad Salfillum poetam Romanum aegrotantem.
SCAZONTES.
OMusa gressum quae volens trahis claudum,Vulcanioque tarda gaudes incessu,Nec sentis illud in loco minus gratum,Quàm cùm decentes flava Dëiope surasAlternat aureum ante Junonis lectum,Adesdum & haec s'is verba pauca Salsillo
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Ref••r, camoena nostra cui tantum est cordi,Quamque ille magnis praetulit immeritò divis.Haec ergo alumnus ille Londini Milto,Diebus hisce qui suum linquens nidumPolique tractum, (pessimus ubi ventorum,Insanientis impotensque pulmonisPernix anhela sub Jove exercet flabra)Venit feraces Itali soli ad glebas,Visum superbâ cognitas urbes famâVirosque doctaeque indolem juventutis,Tibi optat idem hic fausta multa Salsill••,Habitumque fesso corpori penitùs sanum;Cui nunc profunda bilis infestat renes,Praecordiisque fixa damnosùm spirat.Nec id pepercit impia quòd tu RomanoTam cultus ore Lesbium condis melos.O dulce divûm munus, O salus HebesGermana! Tuque Phoebe morborum terrorPythone caeso, sive tu magis PaeanLibenter audis, hic tuus sacerdos est.Querceta Fauni, vosque rore vinosoColles benigni, mitis Evandri sedes,Siquid salubre vallibus frondet vestris,Levamen aegro ferte certatim vati.
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Sic ille charis redditus rursùm MusisVicina dulci prata mulcebit cantu.Ipse inter atros emirabitur lucosNuma, ubi beatum degit otium aeternum,Suam reclivis semper Aegeriam spectans.Tumidusque & ipse Tibris hinc delinitusSpei favebit annuae colonorum:Nec in sepulchris ibit obsessum regesNimiùm sinistro laxus irruens loro:Sed fraena melius temperabit undarum,Adusque curvi salsa regna Portumni.
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