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 Honorable JAMES Duke of Ormond, and Earl of Brecknot.
Here is the lofty Pine, which always stoodIn spight of winds, the pride of all the Wood:
He's great by birth, and great by wealth; but he
Cannot be greater than his merits be:
Though like a mountain his great Fortunes swell,
His lowly Mind doth in a valley dwell:
Ambition spurs him not; for he doth move
In th' highest orb of Honour, and of Love.
The Learned he prefers; his Judgment can
Distinguish well betwixt a Goose and Swan:
His word is like the Persian law, most free
From various change, or mutability:
He is religious, and doth wisely mark
The door which leads unto the holy Ark.
Four Rivers ran from Paradise: we find
More vertues far spring from his noble mind:
He ever soar'd with an ambitious wing,
To serve his God, his Country, and his King:
His actions are so full of life, that they
Cannot neglected in oblivion die:
He is both good, and great; and so may he
Still great in goodness, good in greatness be.
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