Flosculum Poeticum Poems Divine and Humane, Panegyrical, Satyrical, Ironical. By P. K. [i.e. Peter Ker] |
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[Behold and See]
Heb. 5. 8.
Although he was the Son, yet did he learn Patience by Suffering.
Behold and See,
Upon this Tree,
The tastless Fruit, of Treason.
Whereby we know,
That here below,
Is little Truth, or Reason.
Upon this Tree,
The tastless Fruit, of Treason.
Whereby we know,
That here below,
Is little Truth, or Reason.
There's nothing sure,
That doth endure,
By Fate, or Chance, (choose either)
Here sits upon
This Wooden Throne,
Both KING, and PRINCE, yet neither.
That doth endure,
By Fate, or Chance, (choose either)
Here sits upon
This Wooden Throne,
Both KING, and PRINCE, yet neither.
Loe every Bough,
That here doth grow,
Make hast, they know not whether;
And envelop,
Upon his Top,
To Crown him altogether.
That here doth grow,
Make hast, they know not whether;
And envelop,
Upon his Top,
To Crown him altogether.
Each Leaf I'll name
A Diadem;
O Cruel English Nation!
These trifles be
More true than thee,
Loe here's a Demonstration.
A Diadem;
O Cruel English Nation!
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More true than thee,
Loe here's a Demonstration.
Then Brittain Great,
This Emblem write,
And grave it on thy Nature.
That henceforth thou
May still prove true,
And never play the Traytour.
This Emblem write,
And grave it on thy Nature.
That henceforth thou
May still prove true,
And never play the Traytour.
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