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 Worshipful, and most hospitable Gentleman, Andrew Barker Esq;
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Flamma sine Fumo | ||
Upon the Worshipful, and most hospitable Gentleman, Andrew Barker Esq;
of Fearswood in the County of Gloucester.
Integer vitæ, scelerisque purus.
Observe bright Heavens constellation, how
The stars do join, and make a glorious show.
Thus vertues meet in him, whose noble thought
Hath pious works unto perfection brought:
He keeps a house compleat to strangers free,
Without vain-glorious prodigality;
No churlish Porter dares to shut his door
Against the sad petitions of the poor:
No Heresie, no Treason repossest,
Or enter'd once into his serious breast;
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And steer his ship through every wind and tide:
His Wife is like the pleasant Vine, that she
May stock the world with good posterity;
His lovely Children blest with grace and wit,
Like Olive branches at his table sit;
And strangers which behold them, soon may gather
They are the children of so good a Father.
May he ne're cease, through the great power of God,
To bud, and flourish like old Aarons rod.
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