Flamma sine Fumo or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns] |
Pride, and Humility. |
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Pride, and Humility.
Humilis descendendo ascendit, superbus ascendendo descendit.
What pride possesseth man, that is but clay
Which must dissolve, and melt like yce away?
What frothy balm of self-conceit and love,
Doth puff his heart, and such high fancies move?
Who doth presume to climb the highest wall,
Will soonest slip, and catch the heaviest fall.
Proud men have fallen from their stately chairs,
And falling once, have tumbled down the stairs.
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When lofty trees a strong resistance find.
Behold the twig, which gently bends and bows,
When stubborn Oaks are broken, stands and grows.
Vertue is sooner found in Cotts and Cells,
Than in great Courts, where pride and envy dwells,
A contrite heart, (O Lord) a bended knee,
Like sweet perfume, shall at thy Altar be.
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