Excerpt from Poetical Works of Edmund Waller, Vol. 1 of 2 Romans) was once sick of this disease; and yet recovered so well, that of almost as bad a poet as your servant, he became the most perfect orator in the world. So that, not so much to have made Verses, as not to give over in time, leaves a man Without excuse the former presenting us with an Opportunity at least of 'domg Wisely; that is, to conceal those we have made, which 1 shall yet do, if my humble request may be, of as much force with your ladyship as your ...
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Excerpt from Poetical Works of Edmund Waller, Vol. 1 of 2 Romans) was once sick of this disease; and yet recovered so well, that of almost as bad a poet as your servant, he became the most perfect orator in the world. So that, not so much to have made Verses, as not to give over in time, leaves a man Without excuse the former presenting us with an Opportunity at least of 'domg Wisely; that is, to conceal those we have made, which 1 shall yet do, if my humble request may be, of as much force with your ladyship as your commands have been vvrth me. Madam, I only whisper these in your ears; if you publish them they are your own; and therefore. As you apprehend the approach of a wit, and a poet, cast them into.the fire or if they Come where green boughs are in the chimney, with the help of your fair friends (for, thus bound, it will be too hard a task for your hands alone) to tear them in pieces, wherein you shall honour me with the fate of Orpheus, for so his poems, whereof we only tear the form, (not his limbs, as the story will have it) I suppose were scattered by the T hracian dames. Here, madam, I might take an Opportunity to celebrate your virtues, and to in struct you how unhappy you are, in that you know not who you are: how much you excel the most excellent of your own, and how much you amaze the least inclined to wonder of our sex. But as they will be apt to take your larlyship's for a Roe man name, so would they believe that I endea voured the character of a perfect nymph, worship ped an image of my own making, and dedicated this to the lady of my brain, not of the heart of your ladyship's most humble servant, s E. W. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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