The poems of George Daniel ... From the original mss. in the British Museum: Hitherto unprinted. Edited, with introduction, notes, and illustrations, portrait, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart: In four volumes |
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 | Chap. iv. The poems of George Daniel |  |
IV. Chap. iv.
Doe not extort from Povertie, nor stay
The Needie, with a frivolous delay;
Vex not a Soule perplexéd, with thy Taunts,
Nor make a scorne of any Man in wants.
Doe not exasperate a greivéd mind,
Nor Mocke Necessitie in any kind;
Scorne not the praier of one in Miserie,
Nor turne away thy face from Povertie;
Let not thy Anger at the needy burne,
Least thy owne fury to a curse returne
Vpon thy selfe; for if he iustly shall
Pronounce a curse, sent from the very Gall
Of a greiv'd Spirit, certainly his praier
Shall have access to the Creator's Eare.
Contemne not Povertie, and let thy will
Submit to a more venerable Skill;
Honour the Magistrate, and let him claime
Respect from thee who has a Noble Name;
Be patient to the nedy-man's complaint,
And pay thy Debt with freindly Complement;
Protect the Innocent from the Strong Clawes
Of Black Oppression and Subverted Lawes;
Iudge not at all; but Iudge with sound advice,
And let not Trifles move thy sentence twice;
Releive the Orphan; Pitty Widdowes' Teares,
Redress her wrongs, Support her, in her Feares;
Soe God shall be thy Father: he will be
More tender then thy Mother over thee.
The Needie, with a frivolous delay;
Vex not a Soule perplexéd, with thy Taunts,
Nor make a scorne of any Man in wants.
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Nor Mocke Necessitie in any kind;
Scorne not the praier of one in Miserie,
Nor turne away thy face from Povertie;
Let not thy Anger at the needy burne,
Least thy owne fury to a curse returne
Vpon thy selfe; for if he iustly shall
Pronounce a curse, sent from the very Gall
Of a greiv'd Spirit, certainly his praier
Shall have access to the Creator's Eare.
Contemne not Povertie, and let thy will
Submit to a more venerable Skill;
Honour the Magistrate, and let him claime
Respect from thee who has a Noble Name;
Be patient to the nedy-man's complaint,
And pay thy Debt with freindly Complement;
Protect the Innocent from the Strong Clawes
Of Black Oppression and Subverted Lawes;
Iudge not at all; but Iudge with sound advice,
And let not Trifles move thy sentence twice;
Releive the Orphan; Pitty Widdowes' Teares,
Redress her wrongs, Support her, in her Feares;
Soe God shall be thy Father: he will be
More tender then thy Mother over thee.
Wisedome Inspireth Life, and fills the Mind
With holy Rapture, and doth goe beyond
Error's foule mist, to the aboundant Raies
Of Knowledge, where she doth prescribe her waies:
Hee that loves wisedome, loveth Life as much;
And hee that loveth Life shall never touch
Death's dismall threshold, but be in full ioy;
Who keepeth her, envy shall not destroy
The glory of his Name, but he shall be
Consideréd and blest aboundantlye.
They that esteeme her shall not serve in vaine,
But God shall be the gverdon of their paine;
They shall be servants to the Lord aboue;
For such as love her, them he vowes to love.
The wise shall Live, and Nations shall Submit
To what he thinketh Iust, and Iudgeth fitt:
Hee shall inhabite in the Tents of Ioy,
And in his Seed be blest aboundantlye;
For she will lead him by Ambiguous waies,
And through the corners of a Dismall Place,
Where feare lurkes privilye, and doth assay,
With a strict discipline and every way,
To prove his Soule; which being now found true,
She brings him to the direct Path, to show
Him now deepe Misteries and holy things;
And to attaine true Knowledge, she gives wings
Of perfect vnderstanding: but if Hee
(Carried by Humor, Will, & Vanitie,)
Wander in the darke waies of Doubt and Error,
She leaves him to his Shame and Soule's Terror.
With holy Rapture, and doth goe beyond
Error's foule mist, to the aboundant Raies
Of Knowledge, where she doth prescribe her waies:
Hee that loves wisedome, loveth Life as much;
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Death's dismall threshold, but be in full ioy;
Who keepeth her, envy shall not destroy
The glory of his Name, but he shall be
Consideréd and blest aboundantlye.
They that esteeme her shall not serve in vaine,
But God shall be the gverdon of their paine;
They shall be servants to the Lord aboue;
For such as love her, them he vowes to love.
The wise shall Live, and Nations shall Submit
To what he thinketh Iust, and Iudgeth fitt:
Hee shall inhabite in the Tents of Ioy,
And in his Seed be blest aboundantlye;
For she will lead him by Ambiguous waies,
And through the corners of a Dismall Place,
Where feare lurkes privilye, and doth assay,
With a strict discipline and every way,
To prove his Soule; which being now found true,
She brings him to the direct Path, to show
Him now deepe Misteries and holy things;
And to attaine true Knowledge, she gives wings
Of perfect vnderstanding: but if Hee
(Carried by Humor, Will, & Vanitie,)
Wander in the darke waies of Doubt and Error,
She leaves him to his Shame and Soule's Terror.
Lavish not out thy dayes nor let Sin Court
Thy easie Soule; (she dyes, without support
From thy owne Will) erect a Cheerfull face,
To Witnes Truth, though in the Doubtfull Case
Of thy own Life; for 'tis a greater Shame
To Spurne at God, and Reprobate thy Name
To his Eternall Truth, then to be thought
Worthless by Men: the Shame of ffeare has brought
Sin to attend; the other though he died,—
A word, to Men,—he shall be Iustified.
Thy easie Soule; (she dyes, without support
From thy owne Will) erect a Cheerfull face,
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Of thy own Life; for 'tis a greater Shame
To Spurne at God, and Reprobate thy Name
To his Eternall Truth, then to be thought
Worthless by Men: the Shame of ffeare has brought
Sin to attend; the other though he died,—
A word, to Men,—he shall be Iustified.
Let thy owne Conscience gvide thee, 'bove the strong
And quaint perswasions of another's tongue;
Let not his Art betray thee, lest it be
Perhaps a trap to take thee privilye,
And point out thy Ruine; soe thou fall
A prey to tirrany, a Scorne to All.
And quaint perswasions of another's tongue;
Let not his Art betray thee, lest it be
Perhaps a trap to take thee privilye,
And point out thy Ruine; soe thou fall
A prey to tirrany, a Scorne to All.
Give thy advice, and let it be in time,
To prevent, or recall a Man from Crime;
Doe not withold thy wisedome, when 't may be,
For others vse, or honour vnto thee;
Wisedome is seene in words, and Actions crowne
A perfect wisedome, in a full renowne;
Dare not at all, a Truth to contradict,
But Blush to see and know thy owne defect.
To prevent, or recall a Man from Crime;
Doe not withold thy wisedome, when 't may be,
For others vse, or honour vnto thee;
Wisedome is seene in words, and Actions crowne
A perfect wisedome, in a full renowne;
Dare not at all, a Truth to contradict,
But Blush to see and know thy owne defect.
Gladly Confesse thy Sins; and doe not Strive
Against the Current of the Streame to strive;
Hate a foole's Government, and be not tooke,
(Soe fooles are taken) by a lofty looke;
Love Truth with fervency, and let thy blood
Be shed for Iustice; in a Cause soe good,
God is Accounteable, and vowes to be
To thy foes vengeance, Honour vnto thee.
Against the Current of the Streame to strive;
Hate a foole's Government, and be not tooke,
(Soe fooles are taken) by a lofty looke;
Love Truth with fervency, and let thy blood
Be shed for Iustice; in a Cause soe good,
God is Accounteable, and vowes to be
To thy foes vengeance, Honour vnto thee.
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Let not thy Tongue demonstrate thy owne worth,
But doe the thing for others to set forth;
Insult not vpon Weaknes; doe not seeke
To Tyrranise vpon the humble Necke
Of Servitude; Seeke not a Glorie in
Soe poore a Conquest; let thy Bountye shine
In all thy Actions, and the iust Equallitye
Of thy desires shall Crowne thy Liberallitye.
But doe the thing for others to set forth;
Insult not vpon Weaknes; doe not seeke
To Tyrranise vpon the humble Necke
Of Servitude; Seeke not a Glorie in
Soe poore a Conquest; let thy Bountye shine
In all thy Actions, and the iust Equallitye
Of thy desires shall Crowne thy Liberallitye.
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