Epigrams of That most wittie and worthie Epigrammatist Mr Iohn Owen Translated by Iohn Vicars |
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Epig. 48. Humility.
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Epig. 48. Humility.
As, Low-Dales beare more fertile Grasse,More Sterill Mountaines-high;
In Wisdome, so, Meeke Minds doe passe
Selfe-flated Subtilty;
The Mind's a Mount, our Will's a Hill;
The Mounts Top is Wils Wit:
Each highest Hill is Sterill still,
And Nimblest Wit vn-fit.
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