Epigrams: Divine and Moral By Sir Thomas Vrchard |
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44. Concerning those, who disdaine to walke on their owne feet, when, at any rate, they may have the convenience to be carried.
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Epigrams: Divine and Moral | ||
44. Concerning those, who disdaine to walke on their owne feet, when, at any rate, they may have the convenience to be carried.
We will not see with others eyes: nor heareWith borrow'd eares: yet hath fond custome so
Prevailed, that we take especiall care,
Upon the feet of others still to goe:
Although our owne be nere so strong, to beare
The burthen of our bodies? I am sure,
That no man came into this world in chaire,
On horseback, or in Coach; our birth was poore,
And we must dye in no lesse poore estate:
But 'twixt those abject ends such pride there is,
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Forgetfulnesse of both extremities,
As if enjoying an immortall breath,
We could not have beene borne: nor tast of death.
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