A poetick descant upon a private musick-meeting. Benlowes, Edward, 1603?-1676. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A76393 of text R211136 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.15[2]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A76393 Wing B1877 Thomason 669.f.15[2] ESTC R211136 99869869 99869869 163080 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A76393) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163080) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f15[2]) A poetick descant upon a private musick-meeting. Benlowes, Edward, 1603?-1676. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : 1649] Signed at end: E. Benevolus. Publication date from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb:". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Descants. English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700. A76393 R211136 (Thomason 669.f.15[2]). civilwar no A poetick descant upon a private musick-meeting. Benlowes, Edward 1649 713 0 5 0 0 0 0 70 D The rate of 70 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A POETICK DESCANT UPON A Private Musick-Meeting . MUSE ! Rise , and plume thy Feet , and let 's convers This Mor'n together : Let 's rehers Last Evening's Sweets ; and run one Heat in ful-speed Vers . Prank not thy Self in Metaphors ; but pound Thy ranging Tropes , that they may sound Nothing but what our Paradise did then surround . Thron'd first Parthenian-heav'n-bred Beauties were , Neer Chrystal casements Eastern Sphere ; Who , like to VENUS , sparkled , yet more chaste then fair . Mongst which , one radiant Star so largely shone , Shee seem'd a CONSTELLATION ; Her Front 'bove Lilie-white , Cheek 'bove Rose-red , full blown . Yet bee not Planet-struck , like som that gaze Too eagerly on Beautie's blaze ; There 's none like Thine , Dear MUSE ! theirs are but Meteor-raies . Suitors to Idols offer idle Suits , Which hold their Presence more recruit's Their broken Hopes , then Viols , Pedals , Organs , Lutes . But , whist ! The Masculine sweet Planets met , Their Instruments in tune have set , And now begin to ransack Musick 's Cabinet . SOL ! Thou pure Fountain of this Streaming Nois ! Patron of Sweetness ! Soul of Joies ! How were wee ravisht with thy Viol 's warbling Voice ! Thy Nectar-dropping Joints so plai'd their part , They forc'd the Fibers of our heart To dance : Thy Bow 's swift-lightning made the Leero start . Thou didst ev'n saw the grumbling Catlines still , And tortured'st the Base , until His roaring Diapasons did the whole Room fill . LUNA the Pedal richly did adorn ; If 'twixt the Cedar and the Thorn There 's ought harmonious , 't was from this sweet Fir-tree born . As Philomel , Night's-Minstrel , jugg's her tides Of rowling Melodie ; Shee ride's On Surges down to th' Deep ; and , when Shee list's , up glide's . JOVE Cataracts of Liquid Gold did powr , More pretious then his Danaë's Showr : From Pedal-drops to Organ-deluge swell'd the Stour . MARS twang'd a Violin ( his fierce Drums for fight Turn'd to brisk Almans ) with what spr'ite His Treble shrill'd forth Marches , which Hee strain'd to the hight ! His active Bow , arm'd with a War-like Tone , Ralli'd his Troops of Strings , as one , Which Vollies gave i' th' chace of swift Division . So the Pelean Youth was vanquish'd still By his renown'd Musician's Skill , Which could disarm , and arm the Conquerour at will . Last , MERCURIE with ravishing Strains fell on , Whose Violin seem'd the Chymick-stone , For everie melting Touch was pure Projection . Chair'd midst the Spheres of Musick 's Heav'n , I hear , I gaze ; charm'd all to Eie and Ear ; Both which , with Objects too intens , ev'n martyr'd were . Th' Excess of Fairs , distill'd through Sweets , did woo My wav'ring Soul , maz'd what to do , Or to quit Eies for Ears , or Ears for Eies forgo . Giddie i' th' change which Sex to crown with Prais ; Time swore Hee never was with Laies More sweetly spent ; nor Beautie ever beam'd such Raies . 'Twixt these Extremes mine Eies and Ears did straie , And sure it was no time to praie , The DEITIES themselvs then beeing All at Plaie . The ful-throng'd Room it's Ruine quite defie's : Nor Fairs , nor Airs are pond'rous ; Skies Do scorn to shrink , though pil'd with Stars and Harmonies . Form , Beautie , Sweetness , All did here conspire , Combin'd in one Celestial Quire , To charm the Enthusiastick Soul with Enthean Fire : These buoy up care-sunk Thoughts ; Their Power endue's A Castril brain with Eagle-Muse : When SAINTS would highest soar , They MUSICK Pineons use . Musick ! thy Med'cines can our Griefs allaie , And re-inspire our lumpish Claie : MUSE ! Thou transcend'st ; Thou without Instruments canst plaie . Blandulis longum Vale CANTILENIS . E. BENEVOLUS . {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . Novemb :