 | "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" |  |
Experience now doth shew
The pore estate to be holden for best.
Experience now doth shew what God vs taught before,Desired pompe is vaine, and seldome dothe it last:
Who climbes to raigne with kinges, may rue his fate full sore.
Alas the wofull ende that comes with care full fast,
Reiect him dothe renowne his pompe full lowe is caste.
Deceiued is the birde by swetenesse of the call
Expell that pleasant taste, wherein is bitter gall.
Such as with oten cakes in pore estate abides,
Of care haue they no cure, the crab with mirth they rost,
More ease fele they then those, that from their height downe slides
Excesse doth brede their wo, they saile in scillas cost,
Remainyng in the stormes till shyp and all be lost.
Serue God therfore thou pore, for lo, thou liues in rest,
Eschue the golden hall, thy thatched house is best.
| "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" | |