 | The Poetical Recreations of Mr Alexander Craig |  |
The Authors Consolation.
Take Courage, CRAIG, though Thou be wrong'd too farre,
With Criminations of a curious Crew;
Whose murthering Mouthes, doe what they dow or dare,
To compasse thee with Scandales most vntrue.
With much a-doe first Passions are with-stood;
But in this point, let Patience doe thee good.
With Criminations of a curious Crew;
Whose murthering Mouthes, doe what they dow or dare,
To compasse thee with Scandales most vntrue.
With much a-doe first Passions are with-stood;
But in this point, let Patience doe thee good.
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For since their Mouth is but a Mint of Lyes,
To forge false Coyne, whose passage will bee stayde,
When it encounters with considering Eyes,
And in the Ballance of pure Trueth survayde.
Looke to thy Wayes, and let the Wicked lye:
Make Conscience good, continuall Feast to thee.
To forge false Coyne, whose passage will bee stayde,
When it encounters with considering Eyes,
And in the Ballance of pure Trueth survayde.
Looke to thy Wayes, and let the Wicked lye:
Make Conscience good, continuall Feast to thee.
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