Emblemes and Epigrames Psal: Quum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me, Domine. [A.D. 1600, by Francis Thynne ... ]: Edited by F. J. Furnivall |
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(17) Witt.
Nothing more smooth then artificiall glasse;more brickle, yet there nothing maye be founde;
nothinge more white or fairer is on grounde
then congeald snowe, yet naught lesse firme can passe.
Soe, shining and fayre witts, in which abound
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three cheefest thinges, true praise deservinge,
haue their desert, and most doe run awrye,
Since finest white doth soonest take all staines,
and finest witts are ficklest of their braines,
whose self-conceit ruynes them vtterlie;
much like the Bees, whose honnie breedes their paines
by surfetting theron Immoderatelie,
for, from her sweete, coms her perplexitie.
Thus these rich witts, which fondlie deeme
they all menn doe exceede,
By trusting to themselves too much,
doe fayle themselves at neede.
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