Trivial poems and triolets. Written in obedience to Mrs Tomkin's commands, By Patrick Carey |
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[By ambition raysed high] |
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[By ambition raysed high]
“O that I had wings like a doue,
For then would I fly away, and bee att rest.”
Ps. lv. vers. vi.
For then would I fly away, and bee att rest.”
Ps. lv. vers. vi.
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By ambition raysed high,Oft did I
Seeke (though bruis'd with falls) to fly.
When I saw the pompe of kings
Plac'd aboue,
I did loue
To draw neare, and wish'd for wings.
2
All these joyes which caught my mindNow I find
To bee bubbles, full of wind:
Glow-wormes, onely shining bright
When that wee
Blinded bee
By darck follye's stupid night.
3
Looking up then I did goeTo and froe,
When indeed they were below:
For now, that mine eyes see cleare,
Fayre noe more
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Farre beneath mee they appeare.
4
But a nobler light I spy,Much more hye
Then that sun which shines i'th' sky:
Since itt's sight, all earthly things
I detest;
There to rest,
Give, O give mee the doue's wings!
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