Solomon de Mundi Vanitate; Poema - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1734 Excerpt: ... Ah nimis! imperiam viresque fatentur Amoris Sollicitæ Gentes, fanis quæ numen adorant: Gnara Dei vultus vivo de marmore ducit Grœcia, vel fuso spirantem ostendit in auro; Quem Cyprus colit, atque aris imponit honorem. Arcum dextra minax gestat, lævoque pharetra Ex humero latus ad medium demissa, sagittas Sustinet, immitis lacrymosa Insignia regni. Insidet ala duplex humeris, quas Hie fugaces Jam movet accelerans; reduces mox flectere gaudet; Huc, illuc, utcunque animum regit aura protervum. Sic mihi, sic sese Deus obtulit improbus, ex quo Jam primum visa concepi Virgine flammas. Transfixit pectus, celerique avertitur ala; Dira hominum pestis! pereant, precor, aspera tela, Quæ fixere meo tantum sub pectore vulnus! O! utinam mea vota fugam tardare valerent! Lassatus trepideS) penna languente moreris, Ni cursum hue teneas, versamque reducere Nympham Approperes, ægro meditans solatia Regi. Nymphæ Dum luctantem animam premerent hæc vincula, Heu! srustra cupidam, meditantem oblivia frustra; Hinc Ratio admonuit, fed fortius institit illihc Too aptly the afflicted Heathens prove The Force, while they erect the Shrines of L o v E. His Mystic Form the Artizans of Greece In wounded Stone, or molten Gold express: And Cyprus to his Godhead pays her Vow: Fast in his Hand the Idol holds his Bow: A Quiver by his Side sustains a Store Of pointed Darts; fad Emblems of his Pow'r: A pair of Wings He has, which He extends "j Now to be gone; which now again He bends Prone to return, as best may serve his wanton Ends. Entirely thus I find the Fiend pourtray'd, Since first, alas! I saw the beauteous Maid: I felt Him strike; and now I fee Him fly: Curs'dDæmon! O! for ever broken lye Thofe fatal Shafts, by which I inward bleed! O! can my ...