Trivial poems and triolets. Written in obedience to Mrs Tomkin's commands, By Patrick Carey |
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Fallax et Instabilis.
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Fallax et Instabilis.
“There is nothing new under the sun.”
—Ecl. i. u. 10.
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'Tis a strange thing this world,Nothing but change I see:
And yett itt is most true
That in't there's nothing new,
Though all seeme new to mee.
The rich becomme oft poore,
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The poore man rich doth grow,
And soe 'twas heretofore:
Nor is itt a new thing
To haue a subiect made a king;
Or that a king should from his throne bee hurl'd.
'Tis a strange thing this world.
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All things below doe change,The sea in rest ne'er lyes;
Ne'er lay in rest, nor will:
The weather alters still,
And ne'er did otherwise.
Consum'd is many a towne
By fire; how, none can tell:
Playnes up to mountaynes swell,
While mountaynes doe sincke downe.
Yett ought wee not t'admire
The sea, the ayre, the earth, or fire:
The sun does thincke nothing of all this strange;
Since all things here still change.
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Lett none then fix his heartUppon such trifling toyes;
But seeke some obiect out,
Whose change hee ne'er may doubt;
There, lett him place his joyes.
Since that our soules are made
For euer to endure;
Of chiefest greife w'are sure,
If what wee loue must fade:
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When one must goe, t'other remayne.
With what I loue then, that I ne'er may part,
On God I'le fix my heart.
“Vide in omnibus uanitatem, et afflictionem animi, et nihil permanere sub sole.”
—Eccl. ii. u. 11. | Trivial poems | |