A Passage in the MORIÆ ENCOMIUM of Erasmus Imitated. Matthew Prior Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T075639 Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. Poems on Several Occasions [English poems only]. London Printed for JACOB TONSON at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand, and JOHN BARBER upon Lambeth-Hill. MDCCXVIII. 1718 p. 129. [42],506,[6]p.: ill.; 2°.

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A Passage in the MORIÆ ENCOMIUM of Erasmus Imitated . In awful Pomp , and Melancholy State , See settl'd Reason on the Judgment Seat : Around Her croud Distrust , and Doubt , and Fear , And thoughtful Foresight , and tormenting Care : Far from the Throne , the trembling Pleasures stand , Chain'd up , or Exil'd by her stern Command . Wretched her Subjects , gloomy sits the Queen ; 'Till happy Chance reverts the cruel Scene : And apish Folly with her wild Resort Of Wit and Jest disturbs the solemn Court . See the fantastic Minstrelsy advance , To breathe the Song , and animate the Dance . Blest the Usurper ! happy the Surprize ! Her Mimic Postures catch our eager Eyes : Her Jingling Bells affect our captive Ear : And in the Sights We see , and Sounds We hear . Against our Judgment She our Sense employs : The Laws of troubl'd Reason She destroys : And in Their Place rejoyces to indite Wild Schemes of Mirth , and Plans of loose Delight .