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41. An Answere to the first Staffe, that Loue is vnlike in Beggers and in Kings.
Compare the Bramble with the Cedar tree,
The Pismyres anger with the Lyons rage:
What is the Buzzing flie where Eagles bee?
A drop the sparke, no seas can Aetna swage.
Small is the heat in Beggers brests that springs,
But flaming fire consumes the hearts of Kings.
The Pismyres anger with the Lyons rage:
What is the Buzzing flie where Eagles bee?
A drop the sparke, no seas can Aetna swage.
Small is the heat in Beggers brests that springs,
But flaming fire consumes the hearts of Kings.
Who shrouds himself where slender hairs cast shade:
But mighty Oakes may scorne the Summer Sun:
Smal cure wil serue, wher Bees the woūd haue made
But Dragons poyson through each part doth run:
Light is the loue that Beggers bosome stings,
Deepe is the wound that Cupid makes in Kings.
But mighty Oakes may scorne the Summer Sun:
Smal cure wil serue, wher Bees the woūd haue made
But Dragons poyson through each part doth run:
Light is the loue that Beggers bosome stings,
Deepe is the wound that Cupid makes in Kings.
Smal channels serue, where shallow springs do slide,
And little helpe will turne or stay their course:
The highest banks scarce holde the swelling tide,
Which ouer-throwes all stops with raging force:
The baser sort scarce wett them in the springs,
Which ouer-whelme the heads of mighty kings.
And little helpe will turne or stay their course:
The highest banks scarce holde the swelling tide,
Which ouer-throwes all stops with raging force:
The baser sort scarce wett them in the springs,
Which ouer-whelme the heads of mighty kings.
What though in both the hart bee set of Loue?
The self same ground both corne and cockle breeds
Fast by the Bryer, the Pine-tree mounts aboue,
One kinde of grasse, the Iade and Iennet feedes:
So from the hart, by secret virtue springs,
Vnlike desire in Beggers and in Kings.
The self same ground both corne and cockle breeds
Fast by the Bryer, the Pine-tree mounts aboue,
One kinde of grasse, the Iade and Iennet feedes:
So from the hart, by secret virtue springs,
Vnlike desire in Beggers and in Kings.
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