The English Parnassus, or, A helpe to English poesie containing a collection of all rhyming monosyllables, the choicest epithets, and phrases : with some general forms upon all occasions, subjects, and theams, alphabeticaly digested : together with a short institution to English poesie, by way of a preface / by Joshua Poole.

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Title: The English Parnassus, or, A helpe to English poesie containing a collection of all rhyming monosyllables, the choicest epithets, and phrases : with some general forms upon all occasions, subjects, and theams, alphabeticaly digested : together with a short institution to English poesie, by way of a preface / by Joshua Poole.
Author: Poole, Josua, fl. 1632-1646.
Publication: London :: Printed for Tho. Johnson,; 1657.
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Subject terms: English poetry.; Epithets.; English language -- Rhyme -- Dictionaries.
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Arachne.
To whom Minerva gave a fatal doome
For her contending at the skilful loome.
The Nymphes of Tmolus oft their vines forsook
The fleek Pactolian Nymphes their streams to look
On her rare works, nor more delight in viewing * 1.1
The done (done with such grace) then when a doing,
The bold Maeonian maid that durst compare
With Pallas at the weaving trade.

Notes

* 1.1

v. Sandys transl. Ovid Metam. l. 6.

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