 | Manuductio ad Coelum. A Poem. In Two Parts. I. Of Joy and Sadness. How a good Man ought to rejoice. He that looks before him is not cast down. Several Antidotes against Sorrow. II. Of Patience: The Occasions and Effects of it. The Signs of it. An Exhortation to it; with Instructions how to behave our selves in Adversity. The necessity of Perseverance. Extracted out of the Writings of the Holy Fathers and Ancient Philosophers, by John Bona [i.e. Sir James Chamberlayne] a Cistertian Abbot: and turned into Verse by James Chamberlayne |  |
IV.
It would do well, in whatsoever we
Do goe about, to show such Prudencie,
As to take in the Adjuncts that attend
The Thing on which our busie thoughts we bend.
For there are many Circumstances that,
For want of heed and fore-sight, may create
Vexation to us, and such Tempests raise,
That will disturb our sweet Repose and Joys,
Do goe about, to show such Prudencie,
As to take in the Adjuncts that attend
The Thing on which our busie thoughts we bend.
For there are many Circumstances that,
For want of heed and fore-sight, may create
Vexation to us, and such Tempests raise,
That will disturb our sweet Repose and Joys,
I call my Servant, and perchance it may
Be his misfortune to be out o'th' way;
Or else he idle stands, and does not go
About the Bus'ness which I'd have him do.
I am to make a Visit, who knows but
The Man will not be seen, or else may shut,
The Door against me, and refuse to me
Admittance, valuing not my Company.
Suppose but this beforehand, and we shall
Think all is well, and never vex at all.
Be his misfortune to be out o'th' way;
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About the Bus'ness which I'd have him do.
I am to make a Visit, who knows but
The Man will not be seen, or else may shut,
The Door against me, and refuse to me
Admittance, valuing not my Company.
Suppose but this beforehand, and we shall
Think all is well, and never vex at all.
It is the wambling of a nauseous mind,
(The chief Disease that reigns in Woman-kind,)
To fret and brawl, because that such a one
Admittance had, where I was bid be-gon.
I could not get so much as one poor Word
With such a Person, at his well-fill'd Board,
Down to the lower end I crowded was,
When I deserv'd to have the chiefest place.
(The chief Disease that reigns in Woman-kind,)
To fret and brawl, because that such a one
Admittance had, where I was bid be-gon.
I could not get so much as one poor Word
With such a Person, at his well-fill'd Board,
Down to the lower end I crowded was,
When I deserv'd to have the chiefest place.
He that's not mov'd with this, no notice takes
At all of it, into no Passion breaks.
And he that understands it not to be
Matter of Course, and meer Formality,
Without dispute must be concluded one
That to th'Affairs of Humane life's unknown.
If we can mend it let us, and if not,
Like Virtue's Souldiers let us take our Lot.
At all of it, into no Passion breaks.
And he that understands it not to be
Matter of Course, and meer Formality,
Without dispute must be concluded one
That to th'Affairs of Humane life's unknown.
If we can mend it let us, and if not,
Like Virtue's Souldiers let us take our Lot.
We daily apt are loudly to exclaim
Against the Evils of our Age, to blame
Sly Malice, Impudence, and Wickedness,
And we do well, and prudently in this,
If we can but reform the World, and drive
Out of't the Fools and Knaves that in it live.
But if this will not be, our Prudence ought
To teach our Tongues not to be finding fault;
Since 'tis no new device for men to go
In their own way, and what they please to do.
Why don't we rather turn the blame upon
Our selves, for hoping what can ne're be done?
The World was never otherwise, nor e're
Will other be, while we continue here;
As long as there are Men, there faults will be,
Should they remain unto Eternitie.
Against the Evils of our Age, to blame
Sly Malice, Impudence, and Wickedness,
And we do well, and prudently in this,
If we can but reform the World, and drive
Out of't the Fools and Knaves that in it live.
But if this will not be, our Prudence ought
To teach our Tongues not to be finding fault;
Since 'tis no new device for men to go
In their own way, and what they please to do.
Why don't we rather turn the blame upon
Our selves, for hoping what can ne're be done?
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Will other be, while we continue here;
As long as there are Men, there faults will be,
Should they remain unto Eternitie.
| Manuductio ad Coelum. A Poem. In Two Parts. I. Of Joy and Sadness. How a good Man ought to rejoice. He that looks before him is not cast down. Several Antidotes against Sorrow. II. Of Patience: The Occasions and Effects of it. The Signs of it. An Exhortation to it; with Instructions how to behave our selves in Adversity. The necessity of Perseverance. Extracted out of the Writings of the Holy Fathers and Ancient Philosophers, by John Bona [i.e. Sir James Chamberlayne] a Cistertian Abbot: and turned into Verse by James Chamberlayne | |