Poems of 1646. TO MY INGENUOUS FRIEND, R. W.1 That the base niggard world hath lent 2 Hath left us, and the clam'rous barre Items no pints i'th' Moone or Starre ;3 When no calme whisp'rers wait the doores, To fright us with forgotten scores ;* And such agèd long bils carry, As might start an Antiquary; When the sad tumults of the Maze, 1 Cf. "Elegie on the death of Mr. R. W., in Olor Iscanus, onward. G. 2 Tapster, or waiter, as in Shakespeare "wait upon him at his table as drawers” (2 Henry iv. ii. 2) et alibi. G. Debts, as before. G. 3 Inns so named. G. Arrests, suites, and the dreadfull face That spirits after death affect Our soules shall meet; and thence will they -Freed from the tyranny of clay With equall wings, and ancient love Into the Elysian fields remove; Where in those blessed walkes they'le find, More of thy genius, and my mind: First, in the shade of his owne bayes, To catch the subject of his song. Then RANDOLPH3 in those holy meades, 1 Choose, love. G 2 Ben Jonson: died 1637. G. Thomas Randolph: born 1605: died 1634. His Poems with the Muses Looking-Glasse and Amyntas (1638) passed through various editions. G. Sings his, and her owne elegie. From thence dismiss'd, by subtill roades, And here our soules bigge with delight LES AMOURS. YRANT farewell: this heart, the prize To quit my sinnes, that durst believe A woman's easie faith, and place Yet e're I goe by all those teares, I beg, faire one, by this last breath, The cold dust shall informe, and make Those flames-though dead-new life partake. Whose warmth help'd by your tears shall bring, O're all the tombe a sudden Spring: If crimson flowers, whose drooping heads |