Minerva Britanna Or A Garden of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures, Newly devised, moralized, and published, By Henry Peacham |
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Negatur vtrumque.
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Negatur vtrumque.
What shall we doe? now tell me gentle Muse,
For we welnigh haue finished our taske,
Thy tender hand could never Mattock vse,
Full well I wot, nor canst thou humblie aske
At greatnes gate, or for reversions sue,
As beggars, and the basely minded doe.
For we welnigh haue finished our taske,
Thy tender hand could never Mattock vse,
Full well I wot, nor canst thou humblie aske
At greatnes gate, or for reversions sue,
As beggars, and the basely minded doe.
Desire of God but this, when thou art old,
To haue a home, and somewhat of thine owne,
To keepe thy selfe from hunger and the cold,
And where thou maiest in quiet sing alone:
For thinke it hell, to liue as bird in cage,
At others curt'sie, in thy latter age.
To haue a home, and somewhat of thine owne,
To keepe thy selfe from hunger and the cold,
And where thou maiest in quiet sing alone:
For thinke it hell, to liue as bird in cage,
At others curt'sie, in thy latter age.
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