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] |
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Of some Pious Meditations, when Prisoner for the King in the Fleet.
As Roses 'mong sharp Prickles grow,As Crystal's got of Ice and Snow;
As Perls in muddy Muscels breed,
As Gold on barren'st earth doth feed;
As Diamonds in Craggs and Rocks,
As Ambar cruds 'twixt Neptune's shocks:
So 'mong those bleak Fleet-blasts which Fortune blew,
These calm mild strains of Meditations grew.
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