A mind that's honest, pure, and just,
A sociable life and free,

A friend that dares not break a trust,
Yet dares die if occasion be;

A heart that dictates to the tongue,
A soul that's innocent and strong,
That can, yet will not, do any wrong.

He that has such a soul and a mind,
That is so blest and so inclin❜d,

What all these do seek for, he does find.

THE CLUB.

PR'YTHEE, ben't so sad and serious,

Nothing got by grief or care; Melancholy's too imperious,

Where it comes 'twill domineer.

If thou hast a cloudy breast,

In which thy cares would build a nest,
Then drink good sack, 'twill make thee rest,
Where sorrows come not near.

Be it business, love, or sorrow,
That possesses thus thy mind,
Bid them come again tomorrow.
We are now to mirth inclin'd.
Fill thy cup, and drown them all,
Sorrows still do for liquor call;
We'll make this Bacchus' festival,
And cast our cares behind.

SELECT POEMS

OF

SIR EDWARD SHERBURNE.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

FROM CHALMERS.

LIFE OF SHERBURNE.

THIS poet descended from an ancient family of the same name at Stanyhurst in Lancashire. His grandfather, Henry, appears to have belonged, but in what capacity is not known, to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and settled in that city, where Edward the father of our poet was born.

This

Edward went afterwards to London, and became secretary to the first East India company, that was established by queen Elizabeth's charter, and in 1613 obtained a reversionary grant of the office of clerk of the ordnance. He was afterwards knighted by Charles I*. He married Frances, the second daughter of John Stanley, of Roydon Hall, in Essex, esq. and resided in Goldsmith's Rents, near Redcross-street, Cripplegate. His son, the poet, was born here September 18, 1618, and educated by the celebrated Thomas Farnaby, who then taught a school in Goldsmiths' Rents. On his removal to Sevenoaks, in Kent, in 1636, young Sherburne was educated privately under the care of Mr. Charles Aleyn, the poetical historian of the battles of Cressy

Gent. Mag. LXVI. p. 462. C.