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To Mr. Winder, (now Fellow) of Corpus-Christi, Oxford; in Answer to a Latin Epistle, which he sent me.
I.
1 SOON as your partial Lays I saw,
2 I guess'd your crafty Views;
3 And thought you writ in Verse, to draw
4 A Bill upon my Muse.
II.
[Page 202]5 BUT, since the Treasure you convey,
6 Comes from the Roman Mine;
7 Forgive me, if I can't repay
8 The Value of your Coin.
III.
9 WHILE on thy manly Lines I dwell,
10 Lines, that might POPE employ;
11 What strange Vicissitudes I feel
12 Of Sorrow, Love, and Joy!
IV.
13 NOW Pleasure charms my glowing Soul,
14 To hear thy pompous Song
15 In soft, majestic Numbers roll,
16 Like FLACCUS, sweet and strong.
V.
[Page 203]17 BUT quickly sympathizing Pain
18 Succeeds my short Delight,
19 To find thy moving, mournful Strain
20 Describe thy*
* Mr. Winder was much afflicted with sore Eyes, when he sent the Epistle.
Loss of Sight. VI.
21 I grieve to think, MACHAON's Art
22 Can give thee no Relief;
23 I weep, and wish my grateful Heart
24 Could cure, or share, thy Grief.
VII.
25 NO more to me Encomiums send,
26 In such a learned Strain;
27 But, if you'd compliment your Friend,
28 Present him half your Pain.
VIII.
[Page 204]29 TO PHOEBUS make thy Music soar,
30 To Him direct thy Lays;
31 Invoke his Aid, and healing Pow'r,
32 To purge the visual Rays.
IX.
33 FOR, if your Lyre but strike his Ear,
34 (The Lyre you lately strung)
35 The God of Verse and Light must hear
36 A Suit so sweetly sung.
About this text
Title (in Source Edition): To Mr. Winder, (now Fellow) of Corpus-Christi, Oxford; in Answer to a Latin Epistle, which he sent me.
Author: Stephen Duck
Themes:
poetry; literature; writing
Genres:
address
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Source edition
Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. Poems on several occasions: By Stephen Duck. London: printed for the author, 1736, pp. 201-204. xl,334,[2]p. ; 4⁰. (ESTC T90234; OTA K073280.000)
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Other works by Stephen Duck
- The ABSENT LOVER. ()
- [Ad JOANNEM MILTONUM.] ()
- The ANSWER. ()
- AVARO and AMANDA. A POEM, in FOUR CANTO's, Taken from the Spectator, Vol. I. No. xi. ()
- CHLOE's CONQUEST. ()
- CONTENTMENT. ()
- A Description of a Journey To Marlborough, Bath, Portsmouth, &c. To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount PALMERSTON. ()
- An EPIGRAM. ()
- FELIX and CONSTANCE. A POEM, taken from BOCCACE. ()
- GRATITUDE. A PASTORAL. ()
- Imitated from CLAUDIAN. ()
- An IMITATION Of the Sixteenth Ode Of the Second Book of HORACE. ()
- An Imitation of the Sixteenth Ode of the Third Book of HORACE. ()
- An Imitation of the Tenth Ode of the Second Book of HORACE. To the Right Hon. the Lord Viscount PALMERSTON. ()
- Occasion'd by a Dispute with a LADY. ()
- An ODE, presented to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of WALES, in Richmond Gardens, on Thursday, May 6. 1736. ()
- Of FRIENDSHIP. To CELIA. ()
- On a GOOD CONSCIENCE. ()
- On a Screen, work'd in Flowers by Her Royal Highness ANNE, Princess of ORANGE. ()
- On Celia's Picture, drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller. ()
- On Delia singing, and playing on Music. ()
- On FLORELLA's Birth-Day. ()
- On MITES. To a LADY. ()
- On Mrs. L—s. ()
- On MUSIC. ()
- On POVERTY. ()
- On RICHMOND PARK, and ROYAL GARDENS. ()
- On the Hon. Mrs. HORNER's Travelling for the Recovery of her Health. ()
- On the Marriage of his Serene Highness the Prince of Orange. ()
- On the QUEEN's Grotto, in RICHMOND Gardens. ()
- On Two Young Ladies leaving the Country. ()
- A PASTORAL ELEGY. ()
- PENELOPE to ULYSSES. Paraphras'd from OVID. ()
- A Poem on Her MAJESTY's Birth-Day. ()
- Proper Ingredients to make a Sceptic. ()
- The SHUNAMMITE. To Mrs. STANLEY. ()
- The THRESHER's LABOUR. To the Revd. Mr. STANLEY. ()
- To a Gentleman, who requested a Copy of Verses from the Author. ()
- To a Young LADY, who had a CUPID given Her. ()
- To DEATH. An IRREGULAR ODE. ()
- To His ROYAL HIGHNESS The DUKE of CUMBERLAND, On His BIRTH-DAY. ()
- To Mr. WORSDALE: Occasion'd by seeing CELIA's Picture unfinish'd. Writ extempore at Kensington. ()
- To the Author of a Poem on the Duke of Lorrain's Arrival at the British Court. ()
- To the Rev. Dr. Freind, on his quitting Westminster School. ()
- To the Right Honourable William Clayton, Esq (now Lord Sundon) on his being Elected Representative in Parliament for Westminster without Opposition. ()
- TRUTH and FALSHOOD. A FABLE. ()
- The Two Beavers. A FABLE. ()
- VERSES to the Author, In IMITATION of HORACE's ODE on PINDAR. Apply'd to the Marriage of his Highness the Prince of Orange with ANNE, Princess Royal of Great Britain. ()