Poems, Songs and Love-Verses upon several Subjects. By Matthew Coppinger |
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The Confidence of a Just Man.
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The Confidence of a Just Man.
No Salvage Tyranny, no desp'rate War,No cruel Fortune, nor unlucky Jar,
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Of thund'ring Jupiter, whose high command
Doth claim obedience, no, not if the frame
Of Nature were involved in the same,
And the whole Fabrick by disorder brought,
Shou'd be converted suddenly to nought;
Like hopeless Wretches, it cou'd never fright
My Heart, and make me tremble at the sight;
Nor cou'd it shake the Castle of my Soul,
That's fortifi'd beyond such weak control.
My Valiant Heart ne're fears the scorching Sun,
Nor the strange Operations of the Moon;
No Comet hath the power to make me fear,
Not though his Beard portend a Famine neer,
Or Pestilence, or Sword, or what is worse,
All Heavenly Influence turn'd into a Curse.
For what are these, but secondary things,
And in the Hands of the great King of Kings,
VVho can dispose of us, and all of these,
Not as we wou'd, but as himself does please?
Si fractus illabatur orbis
Impavidum ferient ruinæ.
Impavidum ferient ruinæ.
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