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] |
To the Worshipful, Edward Powel, Esq; of the Maes Maur.
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To the Worshipful, Edward Powel, Esq; of the Maes Maur.
My Pensil is too dull to paint your nameWith such a gloss, as may advance your fame.
Yet I have writ you down; for I believe
Your name more lustre to my Book will give:
As precious stones adorn a golden Ring,
And lillies beauty to the Valleys bring,
So he that will on your perfections look,
Shall find, they are a splendour to my Book.
You are my friend; which some may think not true:
Because I do so slightly write of you.
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