Miscellaneous works of George Wither | ||
This General, hath been a Royalist,
Engag'd against the publike Interest,
And, therefore, some suspitious are become
He may, at last, his first Cause re-assume:
But, that's improbable: For hitherto
He nothing seemeth to neglect, or do,
Save what he should; If there be neither ought
Done or omitted, more than yet, is brought
Unto my ears; and his professions are
Sufficient to abate the Peoples fear;
Yet, with that modesty consist, whose want
Made others, lately so exorbitant,
That, many did suspect their gaudy signe
VVas hung forth but to vent unwholsome wine.
Engag'd against the publike Interest,
And, therefore, some suspitious are become
He may, at last, his first Cause re-assume:
But, that's improbable: For hitherto
He nothing seemeth to neglect, or do,
Save what he should; If there be neither ought
Done or omitted, more than yet, is brought
Unto my ears; and his professions are
Sufficient to abate the Peoples fear;
Yet, with that modesty consist, whose want
Made others, lately so exorbitant,
That, many did suspect their gaudy signe
VVas hung forth but to vent unwholsome wine.
Miscellaneous works of George Wither | ||