Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

Fancies and Fantasticks. 45 1The Sap which at the. Root is bredIn Trees, through all the Boughes is spread ;But Vertues which in Beauties shine,Make not like progresse through the line ;'Tis not from whom, but where we live,The place doth oft the Graces give ;Had Casar on the Mountain bredA Flock perhaps, or Herd ha.d led,He who the world subdu'd, had beenBat the best Wrestler on the Green :'Tis Art and Knowledge\> hich draw forthThe hidden seeds of humane worth :They blow the sparks, and make them riseInto such flames, as touch the skyes:To the old Heroes hence was givenA pedigree that touch'd the Heaven ;Of mortal Seed they were not held,Which other Mortals so excell'd ;And beauty too in such excesseAs yours (fair Lady) claims no lesse.Smile but on me, and you shall scornHenceforth to be of Princes born ;Your Slave I am, can paint the GroveWhere your lov'd Mother slept with Jove,And yet excuse the faultlesse Dame,Caught with her Spouses shape, and name ;Your matchless form will credit bringTo all the wonders I shall sing.G G 2