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Ooper's Hill.

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The Deftruction of Troy, an Effay on the fecond Book of Virgil's Eneis.

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On the Earl of Stafford's Tryal and Death. On my Lord Croft's and my Journey into Poland, from whence we brought 10000l. for his Majefty, by the Decimation of his Scotifh Subjects there. 58 On Mr. Tho. Killigrew's Return from his Embafie from Venice, and Mr. William Murry's from Scotland.

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To Sir John Mennis, being invited from Calice to Bologne to eat a Pig.

Natura Naturata.

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Sarpedon's Speech to Glaucus in the 12th of Homer.72 Martial. Epigram. Out of an Epigram of Martial. 74 Friendship and Single Life, against Love and Marriage.

76 On Mr. Abraham Cowley his Death and Burial amongst the Ancient Poets.

84 A Speech against Peace at the Clofe Committee. 90 To the Five Members of the honourable Houfe of Commons. The Humble Petition of the Poets. 97 A Western Wonder.

A fecond Western Wonder.

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103 News

News from Colchefter; or, A proper new Ballad of certain Carnal Paffages betwixt a Quaker and a

Colt, at Horfly near Colchester, in Effex. 105 A Song.

On Mr. John Fletcher's Works.

To Sir Richard Franfhaw, upon his Tranflation of Paftor Fido.

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A Dialogue between Sir John Pooley and Mr. Thomas Killigrew.

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An occafional Imitation of a Modern Author upon the Game of Chefs.

The Paffion of Dido for Eneas.

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Of Prudence,

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of Justice.

Cato Major of Old-Age. A Poem.

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The Progrefs of Learning.

The Sophy, a Tragedy.

POEMS

POEMS

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Several Occafions.

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COOPER's HILL.

URE there are Poets which did never dream

Upon Parnaffus, nor did tafte the Stream

Of Helicon, we therefore may fuppofe

Thofe made not Poets, but the Poets those.

And as Courts make not Kings, but Kings the Court,

So where the Mufes and their Train refort,

Parnaffus ftands; if I can be to thee

A Poet, thou Parnaffus art to me.
Nor wonder, if (advantag'd in my flight,
By taking wing from thy aufpicious height)
Through untrac'd Ways and airy Paths I flie,
More boundless in my Fancy than my Eye:
My Eye, which fwift as Thought contracts the space
That lies between, and firft falutes the place
Crown'd with that facred Pile, fo vaft so high,
That whether 'tis a part of Earth, or Sky,
Uncertain feems, and may be thought a proud
Afpiring Mountain, or defcending Cloud,

Paul's, the late Theme of fuch a * Mufe whofe flight,
Has bravely reach'd and foar'd above thy height:
Now fhalt thou ftand, tho' Sword, or Time, or Fire,
Or Zeal more fierce then they, thy fall confpire,
Secure, whilft thee the beft of Poets fings,
Preferv'd from ruin by the beft of Kings.

**Mr. Waller.

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Under his proud furvey the City lies,

And like a Mist beneath a Hill doth rise;

Whofe State and Wealth, the Business and the Crowd, Seems at this diftance but a darker Cloud:

And is to him who rightly things efteems,

No other in effect than what it feems:

Where, with like hafte, tho' fev'ral ways they run,
Some to undo, and fome to be undone;

While Luxury, and Wealth, like War and Peace,
Are each the others ruin, and increase;
As Rivers loft in Seas, fome fecret Vein
Thence reconveys, there to be loft again.
Oh Happiness of sweet retir'd Content!
To be at once Secure, and Innocent.

* Windsor the next (where Mars with Venus dwells,

Beauty with Strength) above the Valley fwells

Into my Eye, and doth it self present

With fuch an eafie and unforc'd Ascent,

Windsor,

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