Wittes Pilgrimage (by Poeticall Essaies): Through a VVorld of amorous Sonnets, Soule-passions, and other Passages, Diuine, Philosophicall, Morall, Poeticall, and Politicall. By Iohn Davies |
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[Men, (Worlds of Mould, that fil the great Worlds Mold)]
Men, (Worlds of Mould, that fil the great Worlds Mold)Creep (like vile Wormes, in whom is nought but Slime)
To find some Hole, wherein to make their Hold;
VVhich found, they fil; then (restlesse) straite they climb:
Til hauing rais'd themselues aboue the Ground
They open lye to be to dust dissolu'd:
As litle, by great Clods, to Dust, are ground:
So, Clods resolu'd to climb, are soone resolu'd:
For, litle Worlds, that would deuour the great,
Break, sith they cannot that huge Masse containe;
For, they that Eat the Earth, the Earth wil eat:
So, Earth to quick, is quickly dead againe.
Then, in the Earth, if Men wil be secure,
They must like Wormes, straite Holes or death indure.
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