Andrew Marvell Short Poems

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To Christina Queen of Sweden  

 Verses to accompany a portrait of Cromwell

Bright Martial Maid, Queen of the frozen zone, 
The northern pole supports thy shining throne.
 
Behold what furrows age and steel can plough; 
The helmet's weight oppressed this wrinkled brow.
 
Through fate's untrodden paths I move; my hands 
Still act my free-born people's bold commands; 
Yet this stern shade, to you submits his frowns, 
Nor are these looks always severe to crowns.

In Effigiem Oliveri Cromwell  

 Haec est quae toties Inimicos Umbra fugavit,
At sub qua Cives Otia lenta terunt.

In eandem Reginae Sueciae transmissam
Bellipotens Virgo, septem Regina Trionum.

Christina, Arctoi lucida stella Poli;
Cernis quas merui dura sub Casside Rugas;
Sicque Senex Armis impiger Ora fero;
Invia Fatorum dum per Vestigia nitor,
Exequor & Populi fortia Jussa Manu.

At tibi submittit frontem reverentior Umbra,
Nec sunt hi Vultus Regibus usque truces.

Aliter  

 Regibus haec posuit Ludovicus Templa futuris;
Gratior ast ipsi Castra fuere Domus.

Upon An Eunuch; A Poet. Fragment  

 Nec sterilem te crede; Licet, mulieribus exul,
Falcem virginiae nequeas immitere messi,
Et nostro peccare modo.
 Tibi Fama perenne
Praegnabit; rapiesque novem de monse Sorores;
Et pariet modulos Echo repetita Nepotes.

Translated  

 Facundis dedit ille notis, interprete plumas
Insinuare sonos oculis, & pingere voces,
Et mentem chartis, oculis impertiit aurem.