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 | Miscellaneous works of George Wither |  |
He, many Patrons and Deliv'rers gave us,
From Forraign and Domestick foes to save us:
Of whom, some, by their self-will and Ambition,
Wrought both our sorrow, and their own perdition.
Some of them, we disabled; some despis'd:
We flatter'd some, and some we Idoliz'd,
Untill to such a height we puft them had,
That to our servants, slaves our selves we made;
Yet cease not at this hour to do the same,
Though still, it brings more sorrow, and more shame;
And will, to be deliver'd from one curse
Thereby incurr'd, run headlong to a worse.
Mark, (though you sleight me) what we dayly do;
And brand me, if it shortly prove not so,
Unless we tack and wheel about to that
Which may prevent it, ere it be too late.
From Forraign and Domestick foes to save us:
Of whom, some, by their self-will and Ambition,
Wrought both our sorrow, and their own perdition.
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We flatter'd some, and some we Idoliz'd,
Untill to such a height we puft them had,
That to our servants, slaves our selves we made;
Yet cease not at this hour to do the same,
Though still, it brings more sorrow, and more shame;
And will, to be deliver'd from one curse
Thereby incurr'd, run headlong to a worse.
Mark, (though you sleight me) what we dayly do;
And brand me, if it shortly prove not so,
Unless we tack and wheel about to that
Which may prevent it, ere it be too late.
| Miscellaneous works of George Wither | |