MS. Fairfax 40. 269 



Tis a delightfull sight to see 

 Standinge on the mufuringe shore 

 [p. 561] When Calmer Seas begin to bee 



After the Stormes w^'^ raginge roare 

 How the blew Trytons doe appeare 

 Vpon the rollinge Curled Wanes 

 Beatinge w* hiddious tunes 'the Ayre 

 W^i' Crooked Trumpets Sea-men braues 

 Att whose shrill notes the winds doe seeme 

 By keepinge still to beare esteeme 



Sometimes the Sea w^h Tempests rore 

 Frettinge itt Can rise noe higher 

 Roulinge or'e the flinty shore 

 Throwes them vp againe retires 

 [p. 562] Somtimes through itt's deuouringe Jawes 



When Neptun's in an angr}' moode 

 Poore mariners finde his Cruel lawes 

 Made to his finy Subiects foode 

 But Diamonds Amber & the Jett 

 To Neptune they doe Consecrate 



Sometimes soe Cleare & soe serene 

 Itt seemes ast were a looking glass 

 And to our Vewes presenting seemes 

 As heauens beneath the waters was 

 The Sun in it's soe clearely seene 

 That contemplatinge this bright sight 

 [p. 563] As't was a doubt whether itt had beene 



Himselfe or image gaue the hght 

 Att first appearing to our eyes 

 As if he had falne from the skyes 



Thus Alcidon whose loue inioynes 

 To thinke for thee noe hibor paine 

 Receaue these Rustick Shepheards lines 

 That's from ther liuinge obiects ta'ine 

 Sence I seeke only desart places 

 Wher all alone my thoughts doe use 

 Noe entertainment but what pleases 

 The genius of my Rural Muse 

 But noe thoughts more delighteth mee 

 Then sweet Remembrances of thee 

 Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. XIV. 18 July, lOO'J. 



