(58 The H I S T O R Y Chap. i. 



Where does the Wijdom and the TowW Divine 

 In a more bright andfvpeet Reflexion jinne <? 

 Where do vce finer Strokes and Colours fee 

 Of the Creators real Poetry^ 

 Than vchen we with Attention look 

 Upon the Third Day s Vohme of the Book^ 

 If vie could open and intend our Eye^ 



We all like Moks fiould efpy, ^ 



Ev'nin a Bufi, the radiant Deity. j 



But we defpife thofe his inferior Ways^ 

 (Tho not lefs full of Miracle and Praife) 

 Upon the Flow'rs of Heavn wegaze^ 

 The Stars of Earth ?io Wonder in us raife^ 

 Tho' thefe perhaps do more than they 

 The Life of Mankind fvcay . 



Cowley to Mr. Evelyn. 



He is obferved to have writ thefe Effays 

 towards the latter part of his Life 5 amongft 

 which, this to Mr. Evelyn is extremely fine, 

 and the whole is allowed to be of the fubli- 

 meft Tafte of any thing that has appeared on 

 this Subjed:. He died the 3d oi Auguji^ 

 Anno Pom, 1667. and is buried in Wejiirdnjler- 

 Abbey, whofe Monument and Books will, I 

 hope, excufe my giving any farther Account 

 of him, and preferve the Memory of this 

 Englifi Maro to Futurity. 

 ^r^.Rofe. Mn.Rofe^ of which I am in thislaft place 

 to fpeak, was firft Gardener to the Lord EJfe:)e 

 at Fjfex'Ylouk in the Strand, and afterwards 

 to hig Royal Majelly King Charles II. at the 

 Royal Garden in SuJa?/ies'sPark: He was 



efteemed 



