The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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On Caius, one of large Promises, but small Performances.
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On Caius, one of large Promises, but small Performances.
If not to give, but say so, giving be,Caius! for giving we will vie with thee.
What e'r the Spaniard in Gallician Feilds
Digs up, what the gold Stream of Tagus yields,
What the tann'd Indian dives for in the deep,
Or in its Nest th'Arabian Bird doth keep,
The wealth which Tyrian Caldrons boyl; receive
All this, and more; but so as thou dost give.
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |