"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 your Crowns adorn."
A Rhapsody on Virtue and Pleasure. To the Right Honourable James Reynolds Esq.
3 entries in ESTC (1738, 1742); one for <u>Original Poems</u> (1742).<br>
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See <u>A Rhapsody on Virtue and Pleasure. to the Right Honourable James Reynolds Esq; Late Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. By Mr. Cooke.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1738). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N12974">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3314298430&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; <br>
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Text from <u>Mr. Cooke's Original Poems, with Imitations and Translations of Several Select Passages of the Antients, In Four Parts: To which are added Proposals For Perfecting the English Language</u> (London: Printed for T. Jackson in St. James's-Street, and C. Bathurst. 1742). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T117789">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;