The complete works in verse and prose of Samuel Daniel Edited with memorial-introduction and a glossarial index embracing notes and illustrations. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart |
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 | The complete works in verse and prose of Samuel Daniel |  |
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TO HENRY VVRIOTHESLY Earle of Southamton.
Non fert vllum ictum illæfa fœlicitas.
He who hath neuer warr'd with miserie,
Nor euer tugg'd with Fortune and distresse,
Hath had n'occasion nor no field to trie
The strength and forces of his worthinesse:
Those parts of iudgement which felicitie
Keepes as conceal'd, affliction must expresse;
And onely men shew their abilities,
And what they are, in their extremities.
Nor euer tugg'd with Fortune and distresse,
Hath had n'occasion nor no field to trie
The strength and forces of his worthinesse:
Those parts of iudgement which felicitie
Keepes as conceal'd, affliction must expresse;
And onely men shew their abilities,
And what they are, in their extremities.
The world had neuer taken so full note
Of what thou art, hadst thou not beene vndone;
And onely thy affliction hath begot
More fame, then thy best fortunes could haue done;
For euer, by aduersitie are wrought
The greatest workes of admiration.
And all the faire examples of renowne
Out of distresse and miserie are growne.
Of what thou art, hadst thou not beene vndone;
And onely thy affliction hath begot
More fame, then thy best fortunes could haue done;
For euer, by aduersitie are wrought
The greatest workes of admiration.
And all the faire examples of renowne
Out of distresse and miserie are growne.
Mutius the fire, the tortures Regulus,
Did make the miracles of faith and zeale,
Exile renown'd, and grac'd Rutilius;
Imprisonment and poyson did reueale
The worth of Socrates; Fabritius'
Pouertie did grace that Common-weale
More then all Syllaes riches, got with strife;
And Catoes death did vie with Cæsars life.
Did make the miracles of faith and zeale,
Exile renown'd, and grac'd Rutilius;
Imprisonment and poyson did reueale
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Pouertie did grace that Common-weale
More then all Syllaes riches, got with strife;
And Catoes death did vie with Cæsars life.
Not to b'vnhappy is vnhappynesse;
And misery not t'haue knowne miserie:
For the best way vnto discretion, is
The way that leades vs by aduersitie.
And men are better shew'd what is amisse,
By th'expert finger of calamitie,
Then they can be with all that Fortune brings;
Who neuer shewes them the true face of things.
And misery not t'haue knowne miserie:
For the best way vnto discretion, is
The way that leades vs by aduersitie.
And men are better shew'd what is amisse,
By th'expert finger of calamitie,
Then they can be with all that Fortune brings;
Who neuer shewes them the true face of things.
How could we know that thou could'st haue indur'd
With a reposed cheere, wrong and disgrace;
And with a heart and countenance assur'd
Haue lookt sterne death and horror in the face!
How should we know thy soule had beene secur'd
In honest counsels and in way vnbase!
Hadst thou not stood to shew vs what thou wert,
By thy affliction, that discri'd thy heart.
With a reposed cheere, wrong and disgrace;
And with a heart and countenance assur'd
Haue lookt sterne death and horror in the face!
How should we know thy soule had beene secur'd
In honest counsels and in way vnbase!
Hadst thou not stood to shew vs what thou wert,
By thy affliction, that discri'd thy heart.
It is not but the Tempest that doth show
The Sea-mans cunning; but the field that tries
The Captaines courage: and we come to know
Best what men are, in their worst ieoperdies:
For lo, how many haue we seene to grow
To high renowne from lowest miseries,
Out of the hands of death, and many a one
T'haue beene vndone, had they not beene vndone.
The Sea-mans cunning; but the field that tries
The Captaines courage: and we come to know
Best what men are, in their worst ieoperdies:
For lo, how many haue we seene to grow
To high renowne from lowest miseries,
Out of the hands of death, and many a one
T'haue beene vndone, had they not beene vndone.
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He that indures for what his conscience knowes
Not to be ill, doth from a patience hie
Looke onely on the cause whereto he owes
Those sufferings, not on his miserie:
The more h'endures, the more his glory growes,
Which neuer growes from imbecillitie:
Onely the best compos'd and worthiest harts
God sets to act the hardest and constant'st parts.
Not to be ill, doth from a patience hie
Looke onely on the cause whereto he owes
Those sufferings, not on his miserie:
The more h'endures, the more his glory growes,
Which neuer growes from imbecillitie:
Onely the best compos'd and worthiest harts
God sets to act the hardest and constant'st parts.
S. D.
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