The purple island, or the isle of man: together with Piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies / By P.F.

  • Phineas Fletcher
Date:
1633
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Credit: The purple island, or the isle of man: together with Piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies / By P.F. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    31 What dial] I then need feek a patron out, Or begge a favour from a miftris eyes, To fence my fong againft the vulgar rout. Or fliine upon me with her Geminies? What care I, if they praife my (lender fong? Or reck I, if they do me right, or wrong? A (hepherds bliffe nor (lands nor-falls to ev’ry tongue. 32 Great prince of (hepherds,then thy heav’ns more high. Low as our earth, here ferving, ruling there; , Who taught’ft our death to live,thy life to die; (bear; Who when we broke thy bonds, our bonds would’ft Who reignedft in thy heav’n,yet felt’ft our hell; Who ( God ) bought’ft man, whom man (though God) did fell; ( would’ft dwell: Who in ourfle(h,our graves, ( and worfe) our hearts 35 Great Prince of (hepherds, thou who late didft deigne To lodge thy felf within this wretched bread, (Mod wretched bread fuch gueft to entertain. Yet oh mod happy lodge in fuch a gueft!) Thoufirft and laft,infpire thy facred skill; Guide thou my hand, grace thou my artlefte quill: So (ball I firft begin, fo lad (hall end thy will, 54 . Heark then, ah heark, you gentle (hepheard-crue; An Ifle I fain would ling, an Kland fair; A place too feldome view’d, yet dill in view; Neareas our felves,yet fartheft from our care; Which we by leaving finde, by feeking loft; A forrain home, a ftrange, though native coaft; Mod obvious to all, yet mod unknown to mod: B Coe vail