Of Gemini
Gemini in 15 AD: singers, pipers, stargazers. Nobody gets old.
[p. 10] Soft Gemini to easier Arts inclineFor softer Studies fit an Infant Sign.They tune rough Words, or they incline to Sing,To stop the Pipe, or strike the speaking String;Through Reeds they blow the Natural Sound in Measure,Gay their delight, and e'en their Pains are Pleasure;Wars they avoid, Old Age they chace with Song,And when late Death o'retakes them they are Young,Sometimes to Heaven they mount, and trace the Stars,Then fix in Globes, or turn the Signs in Spheres:Their Wit reigns o're their Nature, and refinesIts Powers; This is the Influence of the Twins.
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The text is Thomas Creech's 1697 verse translation, checked word by word between three scans of the same type (the 1697 printing, the 1700 printing and a third copy). The long s is printed as s; every other spelling is Creech's. Pages are cited as the 1697 printing numbers them. The portrait is William Marshall’s engraving of Lilly from the front of the 1659 printing (Wellcome Library, public domain).