The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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Vertue improv'd by suffering.
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 | The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) |  |
Vertue improv'd by suffering.
'Tis but the Body that blind Fortunes spight
Can chain to Earth; the nobler Soul doth slight
Her servill Bonds, and takes to Heaven her flight.
Can chain to Earth; the nobler Soul doth slight
Her servill Bonds, and takes to Heaven her flight.
So through dark clouds Heaven lightens (whilst the shade
Is as a foyl to its bright splendour made)
And Stars with greater Lustre Night invade.
Is as a foyl to its bright splendour made)
And Stars with greater Lustre Night invade.
So sparkle Flints when strook; so Metals find
Hardness from hammering, and the closer bind:
So Flames increase the more supprest by VVind.
Hardness from hammering, and the closer bind:
So Flames increase the more supprest by VVind.
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And as the Grindstone to unpolish'd Steel
Gives Edge, and Lustre: so my Mind, I feel
VVhetted, and glaz'd by Fortunes turning VVheel.
Gives Edge, and Lustre: so my Mind, I feel
VVhetted, and glaz'd by Fortunes turning VVheel.
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |