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Both them, and you, that they have been desir'd 

 By persons of such Judgment ; and admir'd 

 They must be most, by those that best shall know 

 What praise to holy Poetry we owe. 



So shall your Disquisitions too ; for, there 

 Choice learning, and blest piety, appear. 

 All usefull to poor Christians : where they may 

 Learne Primitive Devotion. Each Saint's day 

 Stands as a Land-mark in an erring age 

 To guide fraile mortals in their pilgrimage, 

 To the Coelestiall Can'an ; and each Fast, 

 Is both the soul's direction, and repast : 



All so exprest, that I am glad to know 

 You have begun to pay the debt you owe.^ 



Iz. Wa. 



To ray ingenious friend, Mr Brome, on his various and 

 excellent Poems : 



AN HUMBLE EGLOG2 



Written on the 29th of May, 1660. 



Damon and Dorus 



Damon. 



Hail happy day ! Dorus, sit down : 

 Now let no sigh, nor let a frown 



^ These verses appeared in the first edition of Scintillula Altaris ; or 

 A Pious Reflection on Primitive Devotion : as to the Feasts and Fasts of 

 the Christian Church. Orthodoxally Revived. By Edward Sparke, B.D., 

 London, 1652. 



^ From Songs and Poems. By Alex. Brome, Gent, 1661. 



