 | The Melancholie Knight |  |
To Time.
Thou Register of old Antiquities,Obseruer of the worlds iniquities,
Suruaying life from birth till Death intoombe,
From Adam's making, to the day of doome:
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Of actions lawfull, or of things vnfit,
And hast thy head behind of purpose ball'd,
Because thou neuer wilt be backe recall'd;
But wear'st a locke before I vnderstand,
On which I neuer yet could lay my hand.
I haue expected (thou graue auntient father)
Thy helping hand, and I protest the rather,
Because they say that Time by turnes doth goe,
And hitherto I haue not found it so:
Therefore for some good turne, one of these daies
I challenge thee, or Ile disprooue thy praise,
And I write of thee according as I find,
That thorow age thou art both ball'd and blind;
Finde out a time, good Time for to relieue me,
For at this time, Time very bad doth grieue mee.
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