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"A Rhapsody on Virtue and Pleasure. To the Right Honourable James Reynolds Esq."
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Date: 1738, 1742
"Ye Princes by destructive Passions led / Who mount without a Blush th'adult'rous Bed / Who hear your Subjects all around complain / Of Wrongs, repeated Wrongs, on Land and Main, / While all your Counsels are yourselves to please, / And while ye batten in inglorious Ease, / 'Tis Virtue only can...
preview | full record— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
Date: 1738, 1742
"See what obnoxious Vices still remain, / Which there's no Law, no Bridle, to restrain."
preview | full record— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
Date: 1738, 1742
"In doing these ye act the princely Part, / And build your Empires in the People's Heart."
preview | full record— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
