Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
A Speculation.
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
A Speculation.
That which the smallest Star in Sky
Is to the Sun in Majesty;
What a Monks Cell is to High-noon,
Or a New-cheese to a Full-moon:
No more is Man, if one should dare
Unto an Angel him compare.
Is to the Sun in Majesty;
What a Monks Cell is to High-noon,
Or a New-cheese to a Full-moon:
No more is Man, if one should dare
Unto an Angel him compare.
What to the Eagle is a Gnat,
Or to Leviathan a Sprat;
What to the Elephant a Mouse,
Or Shepherds Hut to Cæsars House:
No more is Man, if one should dare
Unto an Angel him compare.
Or to Leviathan a Sprat;
What to the Elephant a Mouse,
Or Shepherds Hut to Cæsars House:
No more is Man, if one should dare
Unto an Angel him compare.
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What to a Perl a Pebble-stone,
Or Coblers Stall unto a Throne;
What to the Oke the basest Shrub,
Or to Noah's Ark a Bucking-Tub:
No more is Man, if one should dare
Unto an Angel him compare.
Or Coblers Stall unto a Throne;
What to the Oke the basest Shrub,
Or to Noah's Ark a Bucking-Tub:
No more is Man, if one should dare
Unto an Angel him compare.
Then let not Man, Half-child of night,
Compare with any Heavenly Wight:
He will appeer on that account
A Mole-hill to Olympus Mount.
Yet, let This still his comfort be,
He hath a Capabilitie
To be of Heav'n himself: but on this score,
If he doth not make Earth his Heav'n before.
Compare with any Heavenly Wight:
He will appeer on that account
A Mole-hill to Olympus Mount.
Yet, let This still his comfort be,
He hath a Capabilitie
To be of Heav'n himself: but on this score,
If he doth not make Earth his Heav'n before.
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