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An ODE, From the Greek of ANACREON.
I.
1 IF Gold could lengthen Life, I swear,
2 It then should be my chiefest Care,
[Page 161]3 To get a heap, that I may say,
4 When Death came to demand his pay,
5 Thou Slave, take this and go thy way.
II.
6 But since Life is not to be bought,
7 Why should I plague my self for nought,
8 Or foolishly disturb the Skies,
9 With vain Complaints, or fruitless Cries,
10 For if the fatal Destinies
11 Have all decreed it shall be so,
12 What good will Gold or Crying do?
III.
13 Give me to ease my thirsty Soul,
14 The Joys and Comforts of the Bowl;
15 Freedom and Health, and whilst I live
16 Let me not want what Love can give:
17 Then shall I die in peace, and have
18 This Consolation in the Grave,
19 That once I had the World my slave.
Source edition
D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. New poems, consisting of satyrs, elegies, and odes together with a choice collection of the newest court songs set to musick by the best masters of the age / all written by Mr. D'Urfey. London: Printed for J. Bullord ... and A. Roper ..., 1690, pp. 160-161. [16],207,[1]p. (ESTC R17889) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Harding C 1197 (1)].)
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Other works by Thomas D'Urfey
- Against Free-Will. A SONG. ()
- Another EPILOGUE Intended for the same. ()
- The Author answers his Friend, who blames him for not singing, when desired, he contradict the Third Satyr of Horace, beginning with Omnibus hoc vitium est Cantoribus inter Amicos, &c. He defends Tigellius, and proves that Horace had no actual Skill in Vocal Musick. ()
- A Catch in Three Parts, set by Mr. Hen. Purcel, and taken from the Latin of BUCHANAN. ()
- A CATCH set by Docter BLOW. ()
- A Dialogue between a Town Spark and his Miss. ()
- A Dialogue between PHILANDER and SILVIA, set to an excellent new Scotch Tune. ()
- The DREAM: Or, CELADON's Complaint of MORPHEUS to the Assembly of the GODS. ()
- An ELEGY On the Death of that true Perfection of Beauty and Goodness, the Lady ESSEX SPICKET, who dyed of the Small-Pox, immediately after her Marriage. ()
- An ELEGY on the Death of the Great Duke of ORMOND. ()
- An ELEGY On the late Holy Father Pope INNOCENT the Eleventh. ()
- EPIGRAM On the Sacred Memory of that glorious Patron of POETS, greatest and best of Monarchs, KING CHARLES the Second. ()
- An Epilogue intended for a late COMEDY, and to be spoke by Mr. MONFORD, in a long Presbyterian Cloak. ()
- Epilogue to the Opera of DIDO and AENEAS, ()
- An EPITHALAMIUM on the Marriage of the Lord MORPETH with the Lady ANN CAPELL. ()
- Epithalamy on the Marriage of the Right Honourable the Lady Essex Roberts. ()
- EPSOM-WELLS: A Satyr by way of Dialogue, between Critick and Fame. ()
- The Farmers Daughter, a SONG, set to a Pleasant Scotch Tune. ()
- The HEALTH. A Second Movement. ()
- The KING'S Health: A CATCH Sung in Parts. ()
- A LASH AT ATHEISTS: The POET speaking, as the Ghost of a Quondam Libertine, suppos'd to be the late E. of R. Reflects on that part of Seneca's Troas, beginning atPost Mortem nihil est, Ipsaq; Mors nihilVelocis spatii meta Novissima:Spem ponant avidi seliciti metum.Quaeris quo Iaceas post Obitum locoQuo non Nata Iacent. ()
- The Law of Nature; A SONG set to an Excellent new Tune. ()
- A Letter written by the Author for a Friend, to one in Town; being a SATYR, on DINGBOY and a Rampant WIDOW. 1685. ()
- A Letter Written for a LADY in Answer to a Friend. ()
- Loves Revenge. A SONG. ()
- A Mock SONG to, When first AMINTOR su'd for a Kiss, &c. ()
- The MORALIST. A Song. ()
- Mr. HAINES's Second Recantation: A PROLOGUE intended to be spoken by him dress'd in a Turkish habit. ()
- A NEW ESSAY In Defence of VERSE, With a SATYR Upon the Enemies of POETRY. ()
- An ODE TO THE QUEEN. ()
- An ODE. To my much honored Friend Sir THOMAS GARRARD, Baronet, upon his Climacterical YEAR. ()
- The Old Fumbler. A SONG: Set by Mr. Hen. Purcell. ()
- Paid for Peeping: A POEM, Occasion'd by a Peeping hole into a Chamber where a Beautiful and Virtuous young Lady Lodg'd, through which undiscover'd, I could observe all her Actions. ()
- A PARALLEL. ()
- A POEM Panegyrical On His GRACE THE D. of ALBEMARLE; With Remarks on His Voyage for JAMAICA, and the late Treasure brought Home in the JAMES and MARY. ()
- Prologue spoken by Mr. HAINS to TRAPOLIN, or a Duke and no Duke. ()
- A PROLOGUE, By way of SATYR, spoke before King CHARLES II. at New-Market. ()
- The Scotch VIRAGO. A SONG Sung to the Queen at Kensington. ()
- A Second Burlesque LETTER written for a Friend, suppos'd to be a CUCKOLD'S GHOST, coming from Hell, and answering a Satyr of STUM CLARET his Brother Vintner; With a Conjugal Reprimand to SALACIA his late Mournful WIDOW. ()
- A SONG set to a pleasant Scotch Tune. ()
- SONG. ()
- A SONG. ()
- A SONG. ()
- SONG. II. To a young LADY Affronted by an Envious old Woman. ()
- TO A LADY, Twitting him with his being Peevish, and having Ill Humours. ()
- To Chloris: A SONG. ()
- TO CHLORIS: A SONG. ()
- To CLORIS: An ODE set to the New RIGGADON. ()
- To CYNTHIA. ()
- To CYNTHIA. ()
- To Cynthia. A SONG. ()
- To pretty Mrs. H. D. upon the sight of her Picture standing amongst other at Mr. Knellers. ()
- To the KING: An ODE on his Birth Day. ()
- To the Right Honorable the Lady Olympia R. on her Genius in POETRY. ()
- TO THE Right HONOURABLE THE LADY E. R. Vpon her finding a Spider in her BED. ()
- TO THE Right HONOURABLE THE. Earl of RADNOR ON HIS MARRIAGE. ()
- A TRUE TALE OF A True INTRIGUE. ()