Of Golds Kingdome, and This Vnhelping Age Described in sundry Poems intermixedly placed after certaine other Poems of more speciall respect: And before the same is an Oration or speech intended to haue bene deliuered by the Author hereof unto the Kings Maiesty [by Edward Hake] |
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No gold no goodnesse.
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No gold no goodnesse.
O Gold that goest in and out,
That rul'st and raignest at thy will,
O thou that bringest things about,
Why art thou absent from vs still?
But O our God, O where art thou
That suffrest Gold to conquer now?
That rul'st and raignest at thy will,
O thou that bringest things about,
Why art thou absent from vs still?
But O our God, O where art thou
That suffrest Gold to conquer now?
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You earthly men who vnto men
Nought giue where you can nothing take,
I speake to you, regard me then,
Your Gold and Goods your God you make:
For where as Gold is, you are won,
But where Gold is not, you haue done.
Nought giue where you can nothing take,
I speake to you, regard me then,
Your Gold and Goods your God you make:
For where as Gold is, you are won,
But where Gold is not, you haue done.
Be honest, learned, skilfull, wise,
Be what thou canst, if Gold thou want,
Thou maist he still, thou shalt not rise,
For nothing proues where Gold is skant:
For Gold it is that doth the deed,
But nothing prospers where is need.
Be what thou canst, if Gold thou want,
Thou maist he still, thou shalt not rise,
For nothing proues where Gold is skant:
For Gold it is that doth the deed,
But nothing prospers where is need.
What, shall I then lie downe and die?
Alas I cannot when I would:
Or shall I sit me downe and crie
And with my teares my griefe vnfold?
Lament and crie, do what thou wilt,
Thy cause is lost for lacke of Gilt.
Alas I cannot when I would:
Or shall I sit me downe and crie
And with my teares my griefe vnfold?
Lament and crie, do what thou wilt,
Thy cause is lost for lacke of Gilt.
Yet say I not that all men looke
To be rewarded for their deed:
But this I say, that few men brooke
To helpe a man that is in need:
For though he write with Homers inke,
Yet go he shall before he drinke.
To be rewarded for their deed:
But this I say, that few men brooke
To helpe a man that is in need:
For though he write with Homers inke,
Yet go he shall before he drinke.
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