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B428 V.37-38

Printed for John Bell near Exeter Exchange Strand London Dec 1777

POETICAL WORKS

O F

ABRAHAM COWLEY.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

FROM THE TEXT OF DR. SPRAT, &c.

WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

Begin the fong, and ftrike the living lyre!

.Lo! how the Years to come, a num'rous and well-fitted quire!

All hand in hand do decently advance,

And to my fong with smooth and equal measures dance.

Whilft the dance lafts, how long foe'er it be,

My Mufic's voice fhall bear it company,
Till all gentle notes be drown'd
In the last trumpet's dreadful found.
COWLEY does to Jove belong,
Jove and COWLEY claim my song.-----
The Mufes did young COWLEY raise,
They ftole thee from thy nurfe's arms,
Fed thee with facred love of praise,
And taught thee all their charms:
As if Apollo's felf had been thy fire,
They daily rock'd thee on his lyre.

THE RESURRECTION.

VERSES TO COWLEY.

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VOI.I

EDINBURG:

AT THE Apollo Prefs, BY THE MARTINS.
Anno 1777.