Commendatory poem to The commons complaint vpon the author and his most commendable and necessarie worke |
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Vpon the Author and his most commendable and necessarie worke.
For
me thy paines and subiect to commend
(Each praising each by their dumbe silence best)
Were Candle-light vnto the Sunne to lend,
Send Owles to Athens, paint the Phœnix brest;
Giue Flora garlands, Loue his Myrtile bow,
Arabia odours, pearle to Thetis brow.
(Each praising each by their dumbe silence best)
Were Candle-light vnto the Sunne to lend,
Send Owles to Athens, paint the Phœnix brest;
Giue Flora garlands, Loue his Myrtile bow,
Arabia odours, pearle to Thetis brow.
But lo! the Genius of faire Brittaine by,
Commands me speake, to giue thee thy desert,
Who art so carefull of posteritie,
And present times vnru'd of greater part:
Swearing by Thames her hopes are more by Standish
Then all the gold she got by Drake or Candish.
Commands me speake, to giue thee thy desert,
Who art so carefull of posteritie,
And present times vnru'd of greater part:
Swearing by Thames her hopes are more by Standish
Then all the gold she got by Drake or Candish.
Henry Peacham.
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