Emblemes and Epigrames Psal: Quum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me, Domine. [A.D. 1600, by Francis Thynne ... ]: Edited by F. J. Furnivall |
 |
| 1. |
| 2. |
| 3. |
| 4. |
| 5. |
| 6. |
| 7. | (7) Fortune. |
| 8. |
| 9. |
| 10. |
| 11. |
| 12. |
| 13. |
| 14. |
| 15. |
| 16. |
| 17. |
| 18. |
| 19. |
| 20. |
| 21. |
| 22. |
| 23. |
| 24. |
| 25. |
| 26. |
| 27. |
| 28. |
| 29. |
| 30. |
| 31. |
| 32. |
| 33. |
| 34. |
| 35. |
| 36. |
| 37. |
| 38. |
| 39. |
| 40. |
| 41. |
| 42. |
| 43. |
| 44. |
| 45. |
| 46. |
| 47. |
| 48. |
| 49. |
| 50. |
| 51. |
| 52. |
| 53. |
| 54. |
| 55. |
| 56. |
| 57. |
| 58. |
| 59. |
| 60. |
| 61. |
| 62. |
| 63. |
| 64. |
 |
 | Emblemes and Epigrames |  |
(7) Fortune.
There is a birde which takes the nameof Paradise the faire,
Which allwaies lives, beatinge the winde,
and flienge in the Ayre.
For envious nature him denies
the helpe of resting feete,
wherby hee forced is, in th'ayre
incessantlie to fleete.
Soe the vncertaine light and wilde
fowle fortune variable,
whoe onlie in vnconstancie
doth shewe herself most stable,
Doth never, in one pace or sorte,
prove constant in her power,
But doubtfull, fleeting here and there,
still changing everie hower.
10
her Image carved out,
With feete cut from her leggs, and sette
on ball turninge aboute.
And for she could not setled stande,
they sayd, as doth appeare,
`Sweet Fortune, thow dost flie in th'ayre,
like birde depainted here.'
| Emblemes and Epigrames | |