University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
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]

collapse section
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GRACE.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
expand section
expand section
expand section
 

GRACE.

Qui quærit, invenit.

Men dig the bowels of the earth for gold,
And rocks for precious stones; and some are bold

33

To dive into the sea for pearl: Few care
To get the pearl of Grace, more rich, more rare.
The Manna, and the Quails were dainty meat,
And as delicious as a man could eat;
But taste the food of Grace, and thou shalt find
It yields a better relish to thy mind:
Grace makes the poor man rich, the bline to see,
The sad man full of joy, the bondman free;
Weak humane thoughts it turns to thoughts divine,
As Christ at Cana water turn'd to wine;
It sweetens all conditions, rich and poor,
Like some pure incense, and preserves thy store.