Wit restor'd in several select poems not formerly publish't.
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Title
Wit restor'd in several select poems not formerly publish't.
Author
Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671.
Publication
London :: Printed for R. Pollard, N. Brooks, and T. Dring, and are to be sold at the Old Exchange, and in Fleetstreet,
1658.
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Humorous poetry.
Burlesques.
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"Wit restor'd in several select poems not formerly publish't." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52015.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2025.
Pages
Horat. 34. Carm. od 10. ad. Ligurium.
TIs true (proud boy) thy beauty may pre∣sumeThank Venus for't but when thy cheekes shall plume,When manly downe shall shade thy Childish prideAnd when thy locks (which dangle on each sideOf thy white shoulders) shall no more remain;When thy vermilion cheeks (which do disdain,The glorious colour of the purple rose)Begin to fade, and Ligarinas looseHis lovely face, being rudely stuck with hairesHard hearted boy) then wilt thou say with teares
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(When looking for thy faire self in a glassThou findest another there) Ah me! alas!What do I now perceive? why had not I?These thoughts when I was lovely smooth? or why?To these my thoughts which I now entertaineDoe not my Cheeks grow flik & young again?
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