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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Subject terms
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

Page 67

A Blush.

STay hasty blood! where canst thou seek So blest a place as in her cheek? How can'st thou from the place retire VVhere beauty doth command desire? But if thou canst not stay, then show; Downe to her painting papps below Flow like a deluge from her breast VVhere Venus Swannes have built their nest, And so take glory to disteine The azure of each swelling vaine; Thence run thou boyling through each part Till thou hast warm'd her frozen heart; But if from love she would retire Then martyr her with gentle fire And having search't each secret place Fly back againe into her face; VVhere blessed live in changing those VVhite lillyes to a Ruddy rose:
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