The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
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The counsell of a friend to one in loue.
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The counsell of a friend to one in loue.
Clime not too high, for feare thou catch a fall,
Seeke not to build thy nest within the Sunne,
Refraine the thing which bringeth thee to thrall,
Least when too late thou findste thy selfe vndone:
Cause thy desires to rest and sleepe a space,
And let thy fancie take her resting place.
Seeke not to build thy nest within the Sunne,
Refraine the thing which bringeth thee to thrall,
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Cause thy desires to rest and sleepe a space,
And let thy fancie take her resting place.
The Tiger fierce cannot by force be tamed,
The eagle wilde will not be brought to fist,
Nor womens mindes at any time be framed,
To doe ought more than what their fancies list:
Then cease thy pride, and let thy plumes downe fall,
Least soaring still thou purchasts endles thrall.
The eagle wilde will not be brought to fist,
Nor womens mindes at any time be framed,
To doe ought more than what their fancies list:
Then cease thy pride, and let thy plumes downe fall,
Least soaring still thou purchasts endles thrall.
Finis.
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