The Times' Whistle Or A Newe Daunce of Seuen Satires, and other Poems: Compiled by R. C., Gent. [i.e. Richard Corbett]. Now First Edited from Ms. Y. 8. 3. in the Library of Canterbury Cathedral: With introduction, notes, and glossary, By J. M. Cowper |
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Vesper exornat diem. |
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Vesper exornat diem.
What proffits it the well built ship to ride
Vpon the surging billowes of the maine,
Drivne with a pleasant gale & a calme tide,
If, ere it iornies end it doth attaine,
By boysterous stormes, which cannot be withstood,
Sea wrackt it perish in the raging floud?
Vpon the surging billowes of the maine,
Drivne with a pleasant gale & a calme tide,
If, ere it iornies end it doth attaine,
By boysterous stormes, which cannot be withstood,
Sea wrackt it perish in the raging floud?
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The learned artistes much admired skill
In life-preserving phisicke is then tride,
When some strange cure is wrought; not every pill
Or olde wifes medecine to the sick applide
Can griefe recure; 'tis arts all knowing lore
Must man vnto his wonted health restore.
In life-preserving phisicke is then tride,
When some strange cure is wrought; not every pill
Or olde wifes medecine to the sick applide
Can griefe recure; 'tis arts all knowing lore
Must man vnto his wonted health restore.
He that with trenchaunt blade in bloody fight,
Singlie opposde, & clad in equal armes,
Hath slaine his foe, or forcd him vnto flight,
Vsing noe witch-craft, sorcery, nor charmes,
May worthely crowne his victorious brow
With oken leaves of Ioves tryumphant bow.
Singlie opposde, & clad in equal armes,
Hath slaine his foe, or forcd him vnto flight,
Vsing noe witch-craft, sorcery, nor charmes,
May worthely crowne his victorious brow
With oken leaves of Ioves tryumphant bow.
Who truely can affirme the day will prove
Pleasant & faire, e're even doth appeare,
When sodeinly o'recast, the heauens remove
Oft times their beawty which our sight doth chear;
Successe by the event is knowne, the end
Doth every action praise, or discommend.
Pleasant & faire, e're even doth appeare,
When sodeinly o'recast, the heauens remove
Oft times their beawty which our sight doth chear;
Successe by the event is knowne, the end
Doth every action praise, or discommend.
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