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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Upon the Right Worshipful, Nicholas Arnold of Lantony, Esq
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Upon the Right Worshipful, Nicholas Arnold of Lantony, Esq
Honesty is the best policy:
Behold an Israelite, in whom's no gaile,
Nor doth foul practice his fair hands defile,
The worldly wise do study, watch, and plot,
And tread all paths, that riches may be got.
If Naboth's Vineyard fruitful is, then they
With Naboth's blood will Naboth's Vineyard bay.
But his soul is contented, and doth hate
To wander further than his own estate.
He soars not high with an ambitious wing,
But is contented, like a private spring,
To keep his constant course: no muddy gain
Of ill got treasure shall his conscience stain.
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Without all noise, or swelling billows slide
His faith he pins not on anothers slieve,
Nor changeth like the times: his soul doth grieve
To see mad people, free from fear and grace,
Besiege the Church, and storm the Sacred place.
He is a friend true learning to advance,
For learning hath no foe, but Ignorance:
I wish him happy dayes, and life to see
His vertues shine in his posterity.
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