336 351 8 Philosophus ad regem quendam &c. 363 Ad Salfillum poetam Romanum ægrotantem. ibid. Ρ ο Ε Μ S UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, Compos’d at several times, BY Mr. JOHN MILTON Baccare frontem Virgil, Eclog. 7 [1] To the first edition of the author's poems printed in 1645 was prefixed the following advertisement of The STATIONER to the READER. It is not any private respect of gain, gentle Reader, for the flightest pamphlet is now adays more vendible than the works of learnedest men; but it is the love I have to our own language, that hath made me diligent to collect and set forth such pieces both in prose and verse, as may renew the wonted honor and esteem of our English tongue : and it's the worth of these both English and Latin poems, not the florish of any prefixed encomiums that can invite thee to buy them, though these are not without the highest commendations and applause of the learnedest Academics, both domestic and foreign; and amongst those of our own country, the unparallel'd attestation of that renowned Provost of Eton, Sir Henry Wotton. I know not thy palate how it relishes such dainties, nor how harmonious thy soul is; perhaps more trivial airs may please thee better. But howsoever thy opinion is spent upon these, that encouragement I have already received from the most ingenious men in their clear and courteous entertainment of Mr. Waller's late choice pieces, hath once more made me adventure into the world, presenting it with these ever-green, and not to be blasted laurels. The Author's more peculiar excellency in these studies was too weil known to conceal his papers, or to keep me from attempting to VOL. II. B solicit |
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