The Captive-captain or, the restrain'd cavalier; Drawn to his full Bodie in these Characters ... Presented, and Acted to Life in a Suit of Durance; an Habit suiting best with the Place of his Residence [by Richard Brathwait] |
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[A Captive-Captain lay in such a room]
A Captive-Captain lay in such a room,He held his Bed the Embleme of his Tombe.
Dark as a Charnel-house: no spirit did move
But Rats and Mice below, and rain above:
So as he need't not wash his Couch with tears,
Such streaming showrs drill'd down about his ears.
Besides, an Herd of grunting Hoggs so nigh,
None could discern his Lodging from their Stye.
A kennel too of bawling Curs lay there,
Which all night long were yelping in his ear.
Near this a chimney that would keep no fire;
“Thus did his passive pensive hours expire.
“If this a thraldom might not stiled be,
“Prisons are Paradoxes unto me.
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