Poems of MR John Milton - pocketboek

POEMS OF Mr. fohn Milton, BOTH ENGLISH and LATIN, Composed at fever al times. Printed by his true Copies. The SONGS were fet in Mufick by Mr. HENRY LAWES Gentleman of the K I N G s Chappel, and one of His MAIESTIES Private Mufick. -Baccare frontem Citgite, Me vati tiocctt mala lingttA futttro Virgii, Eclog. 7. rintcd and fuUifod according to ORDER. M.. LONDON, Printed by Rath RaVtortb for Httmftsrey Mffetfjf and arc to be fold at the figne of the Princes Aims in S. Pauls Ctoich-yard. tKTVTroocv Hx fTTiyvovr s y a ufLifL THE STATIONER TO THE READER. T i not any fri vatereJjteBofgain, gentle Reader, for the Jlighteft Pamphlet is no aJayes more vendible then the Wor1 s tf learnedcjt men tntit it the loye J have to our ma Language that bath made me Jiligent tocoll anJfetfortb a foch fuch Peaces loth in Profc and 7er 9 as may renew the wonted honour and efteem of our Sngliff tongue an Jits O the worth o ftbe J fe both tnglijh and Latin Poems, not the fiourijh of any prefixed encomions that can invite thee to buy them, though thefe are not without the bi o rbef t Commendatl ons and Jpplaufe of the learnedfi Academicks toth domeftid andforrein And amongH tbo e cf our own Qtuntrey, the unfd rallefd alteration of that renown ed Trowft of Eaton, Sir Henry Wootton Ityw not t y falat bow it relijhes fuch dainties i nor how harmonious thy foul u perhaps more trivial Airs may pleafe thee tetter. But bowfoeyer tbj ofinion is fyent upon thefe t that incouragement I have already received from the moftin geniow men in their clear and courteous entertainment of Mr. Wallers late choice Teeces 5 hath once more made me adven ture into the World, frefentingit mththefe ever-green, and not to be h loftedLaurels. The Authors more peculiar excellency in thefe ftudies, VPM too vpelifyiown to con ceal his Tapers 9 or to eep me from attempting to feSicit them from him. Let the event guide it felf which way it will, I baUde fine feweoftketge, by bringing Into the Light AS true a Birth 3 as the Mtijes hate brought forth fince our famoHt Spencer wrote whofe Poems in thefe Sngli h ones are as rarely imitated 9 tufoeetly excelfd, leader if thott art Eagle-eied to cen itre their worth 9 lam not fearful to expofe them to thy exaSef J tperuf J al. Thine to command HUMPH. MOSELET. On On the morning of CHRIST s Nativity. Composed 1629. i. T His is the Month, and this the happy mom Whcriathe Son of Heavns eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born Our great redemption from above did bring j For fo the holy fages once did fing, That he our deadly forfeit fhould releafe. And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. II. That glorious Form, that Light unfufFerable, And that far-beaming blaze of Majefty, Wherwxth he wont at Hcav ns high Councel-Table, To fit the midft of Trinal Unity, He laid afide j and here with us to be Forfook the Courts of everlafting Day, And chofc with us a darfcfom Houfc of mortal Clay t A HI Sav in. Say Heavnly Mufc, hall not thy acred vein Afford a prcfentto the Infant God Haft thou no ver s, no hymn, or folemn ftrcin, To wclcom him to this his new abode, Now while the Heavn by the SUDS team untrod, Hath took no print of the approching light, And all the fpingledhoftjkcep watch in fquadrons bright IV. See how from far upon the Eaftern rode The Star4cd Wifards hafte with odours fweet O run, prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blefled feet Havethou the honour firft, thy Lord to greet, And joyn thy voice unto the Angel Quire, Fro out his fccret Altar toucht with hallowd fire, The Hymn. L IT was the Winter wilde. While the Heav n-born hilde, AH meanly wrapt in the rude manger liei f Nature in aw to him Had Had doff t her gawdy trim, With her great Maftcr fo to fympathize It was no feafon then for her To wanton with the Sun her lofty Paramour. II...