Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO THE MOST LEARNED, WISE AND ARCH-ANTIQUARY, M. JOHN SELDEN, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: I who have favour'd many, come to be
Last Line: Live thou a selden, that's a demi-god.
Subject(s): Selden, John (1584-1654)


I who have favour'd many, come to be
Grac't (now at last) or glorifi'd by thee.
Loe, I, the Lyrick Prophet, who have set
On many a head the Delphick Coronet,
Come unto thee for Laurell, having spent,
My wreaths on those, who little gave or lent.
Give me the Daphne, that the world may know it,
Whom they neglected, thou hast crown'd a Poet.
A City here of Heroes I have made,
Upon the rock, whose firm foundation laid,
Shall never shrink, where making thine abode,
Live thou a Selden, that's a Demi-god.





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