Oculus Britanniae An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst] |
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Who drops with sullen pride his mitred crest!
Mark! how he bears resentment in his eye,
And damns his sovereign, as he passes by!
Some minion of the court, from favour thrown!
And lo! his form bespeaks the butcher's son!
In every look great Wolsey stands confess'd;
See how the rising passion heaves his breast!
See! how his eyes with reddening vengeance glow,
And how with hasty strides he spurns the sand below!
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