A contemplation on Bassets-down-Hill by the most sacred adorer of the Muses, Mrs. A.K. A. K., Mrs. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A47215 of text R23573 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing K257). 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. 2 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 A47215 Wing K257 ESTC R23573 07708760 ocm 07708760 40098 2264207036

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A47215) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 40098) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1151:12) A contemplation on Bassets-down-Hill by the most sacred adorer of the Muses, Mrs. A.K. A. K., Mrs. 1 broadside. s.n., [S.l. : 1658?] Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng A47215 R23573 (Wing K257). civilwar no A contemplation on Bassets-down-Hill by the most sacred adorer of the Muses, Mrs. A.K. A. K., Mrs 1658 1 339 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 C The rate of 29 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Contemplation on Bassets down-Hill by the most Sacred adorer of the Muses Mrs. A. K. IF that exact Appelles now did live . And would a picture of Elizium give ; He might pourtrai'ct the prospect which this Hill Doth shew ; & make the eie commaud at will . Heer 's many a shire whose pleasauntness for sight Doth yeild to the Spectators great delight . Ther 's a large Feild guilded with Ceres gold ; Here a green mead doth many Heifers hold : Ther 's pasture growne with virdant grass , whose store , Of Argent-sheep shewes th'owner is not poore . Here springs doe intricate Meanders make Excelling farr Oblivion's Lethe Lake . There woods and Coppises harbour as many And sweet melodious Choristers , as any Elizium yeilds ; whose Philomel'an lates Merit the highest of the Lyrick's praise Heer 's Flor a deck't with robes of Or , and Azur , Fragrently smelling yeild's two senses pleasure . Hence Zephirus doth breath his gentle gales Coole on the Hills , and sweet throughout the Vales How happy are they that in this Climate dwell ? Alas ! they can't their owne sweet welfare tell ; Scarce I my selfe whil'st I am here doe know it Till I see it's Antithesis to shew it . Here are no smoaking streets , nor howling cryes , Deafning the earcs , nor blinding of the eyes ; No noysome smells t' infect , and choacke the aire , Breeding diseases envious to the Faire . Deceipt is here exil'd from Flesh , and Bloud : ( Strife only reigns , for all strive to be good . ) With Will hi● verse I here will make an end And as the Crab doth alwaies backward bend So , though from this sweet place I goe away My loyall heart will in this Climate stay . Thus heartless , doth my worthless body rest Whilest my heart liveth with the ever blest .