The Muses cabinet, stored with variety of poems, both pleasant and profitable. / By W.W.
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- Title
- The Muses cabinet, stored with variety of poems, both pleasant and profitable. / By W.W.
- Author
- Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.
- Publication
- London, :: Printed for F. Coles in the Old-Baily.,
- 1655.
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- Subject terms
- English poetry -- 17th century.
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- Cite this Item
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"The Muses cabinet, stored with variety of poems, both pleasant and profitable. / By W.W." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96701.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Page 24
Was blessed both by God, and Noah, when as
Canaan curst in himself and off-spring was,
Isaac, in whom all Nations of the Earth
Was blessed in our Saviour Christ his birth;
Though Ismael were the elder, as we read,
Isaac was blessed in the promis'd seed.
Esau was hated, Jacob blessed was
E're they out of their mothers womb did passe;
On Josephs head old Jacobs blessing passes,
And Ephraim was preferr'd before Manasses.
Although King David were the younger brother,
Yet he preferred was before the other.
And wisdomes favourite, wise Solomon,
Preferred was before Prince Absalon:
But what the reasons are why these were so,
No man can tell, it's only God doth know.