 | 1. |
| 2. |
| 3. |
| 4. |
 | 5. |
|
|
|
|
| 6. |
 | Miscellaneous works of George Wither |  |
What, MONCK perhaps will do, or leave undone,
May mar some Trifles, I have doated on;
But, that, whereon my best hopes fixed be
Doth lie secured betwixt GOD, and me.
That, which conduceth to my noblest ends,
No more on his, than his on mine depends,
And, GOD, I know, will constantly proceed
In prosecuting what he hath decreed
Concerning this Republick, whatsoever
He, we, or any other shall endeavour:
And, when their falshhood, malice, and despight,
Insultings, and vain hopes, are at the height,
(Who, now, against this Commonwealth conspire
To bring on such a Change as they desire)
They shall but to and fro, like drunkards reel,
Do, and undo, and run round in a wheel,
Till they have made that, not to be endur'd,
Whereby, they dream distempers may be cur'd;
And, GOD shall fool their wisdom in that hour;
So break their snares, and weaken so, their pow'r,
That, what they did suppose would have o'rthrown
His purposes, will quite destroy their own.
May mar some Trifles, I have doated on;
But, that, whereon my best hopes fixed be
Doth lie secured betwixt GOD, and me.
That, which conduceth to my noblest ends,
No more on his, than his on mine depends,
And, GOD, I know, will constantly proceed
In prosecuting what he hath decreed
Concerning this Republick, whatsoever
He, we, or any other shall endeavour:
28
Insultings, and vain hopes, are at the height,
(Who, now, against this Commonwealth conspire
To bring on such a Change as they desire)
They shall but to and fro, like drunkards reel,
Do, and undo, and run round in a wheel,
Till they have made that, not to be endur'd,
Whereby, they dream distempers may be cur'd;
And, GOD shall fool their wisdom in that hour;
So break their snares, and weaken so, their pow'r,
That, what they did suppose would have o'rthrown
His purposes, will quite destroy their own.
| Miscellaneous works of George Wither | |