"That old sack
Young Herrick took to entertain
The Muses in a sprightly vein".
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527. Fly me not, etc. From Anacreon, 49 [34]:—
Μή με φύγῃς, ὁρῶσα
Τὰν πολιὰν ἔθειραν· ...
Ὅρα κἀν στεφάνοισιν
Ὅπως πρέπει τὰ λευκὰ
Ῥόδοις κρίν' ἐμπλακέντα.
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529. As thou deserv'st be proud. Cp. Hor. III. Od. xxx. 14:—
Sume superbiam
Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica
Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.
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534. To Electra. Printed in Witts Recreations, 1650, where it is entitled To Julia.
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536. Ill Government.... When kings obey, etc. From Seneca, Octav. 581:—
Male imperatur, cum regit vulgus duces.
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545. To his Worthy Kinsman, Mr. Stephen Soame (the son or, less probably, the brother of Sir Thomas Soame): One of my righteous tribe. Cp. Note to 496.
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547. Great spirits never with their bodies die. Tacit. Agric. 46:—"Si quis piorum manibus locus, si, ut sapientibus placet, non cum corpore extinguuntur magnae animae".
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554. Die thou canst not all. Hor. IV. Od. xxx. 6,7.