The EKATOMPATHIA[Greek] Or Passionate Centurie of Loue Diuided into two parts: whereof, the first expresseth the Authors sufferance in Loue: the latter, his long farewell to Loue and all his tyrannie. Composed by Thomas Watson |
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 | The EKATOMPATHIA[Greek] Or Passionate Centurie of Loue |  |
[Its seldome seene that Merite hath his due]
Its seldome seene that Merite hath his due,Or els Dezerte to find his iust desire:
For nowe Reproofe with his defacing crewe
Treades vnderfoote that rightly should aspyre:
Milde Industrie discourag'd hides his face,
And shuns the light, in feare to meete Disgrace.
Seld seene said I (yet alwaies seene with some)
That Merite gains good will, a golden hyre,
With whome Reproofe is cast aside for scumme;
“That growes apace that vertue helps t'aspire;
And Industrie well chearish't to his face
In sunshine walkes, in spight of sowre Disgrace.
This fauour hath put life into the pen,
That heere presentes his first fruite in this kinde:
He hopes acceptance, friendly graunte it then;
Perchaunce some better worke doth stay behinde.
My censure is, which reading you shall see,
A Pythy, sweete, and cunning poesye.
M. Roydon.
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