Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Pomfret: Containing His Choice, Prospect of Death, Reason, Last Epiphany, Divine Attributes, Eleazar's Lamentat, &C., &C., &C IT Will he to little purpofe, the Author prefumes, ti) offer alnyreafons why the following poems appear in public, for it is tento one whether he gives the truegan'd if he'does, it'is much greater odds whether the gentle leader is fo courteous asto Rlieve him. He could tell the World, according to the laudable cufiom of Prei faces, that it was through the irrefillible importunity of friends, hr fome other exc'ufe of ancient renown, that he ventured them to the prefs; but he thought it'rnuch better to leave every manto guefs for himf felf, and then he wbul'd'be {are to fatisfy himfelf; for, let what will be pretended, people are grown fo very apt to fancy they are always in the right, that u'nleff it hit their humour it is immediately condemned for a {ham and hypocrify. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.