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] |
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To the most affable, charitable, and ingenuous Gentleman, Roger Vaughan of Moccas, Esq
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To the most affable, charitable, and ingenuous Gentleman, Roger Vaughan of Moccas, Esq
Nobilis ingenio, natura, moribus, ortu.
Mistake me not; It is not my intent
To court you with a formal complement;
Should I presume to set your praises forth,
I should but injure you, and blot your worth,
My drops can never make the Sea more full,
And I confess, my Candle is too dull
To add more light unto the Sun; my mind
Would active be, but still defects I find.
My slender power doth compell my pen
To leave that task to more judicious men.
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