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 21, 2025.
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HEre lieth one, who did most truely prove,That he could never die, whilst he could move.So hung his destiny, never to rot,Whilst he could but jogg on, and keep his trot.Made of Sphear mettall, never to decay,Untill his resolution made of stay.Time numbers motion, yet without a crime,'Gainst old truth, motion numbered out his time.
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And like some Engine mov'd, with wheeles and weight,His principles once ceas'd, he ended streight.Rest, that gives all men life, gave him his death,And too much breathing put him out of breath.For had his doings lasted as they wereHe had been an immortall Carrier.
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