For, lo! how many have we seen to grow DANIEL. Dpinion. OPINION, how dost thou molest For getting what thou sayest is best. To draw him still from thought to thought; O malcontent, alluring guest, Contriver of our greatest woes; Which born of wind, and fed with shows, Judging ungotten things the best, Or what thou in conceit designest; And all things in the world dost deem, And livest to come-in present pinest. For what thou hast, thou still dost lack, If we unto ambition tend, Then dost thou draw our weakness on, Of that which never had an end. And that more pleasure rests beside, To this conclusion all is brought : DANIEL. Heavenly Mansions. SITH God is ever changeless as He's good, In the bride-chamber of felicity. He's true of promise, sith He cannot change; Then why should sorrowing sinners fear to die? Since earth's familiars are to heaven strange, Given us by deed, with His blood sealed, an high And Heavenly mansion, which He doth afford To all, whose wills do with His will accord. DAVIES. Man-The Aspirer. NATURE that formed us of four elements, The Soul's Errand. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand! Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, E MARLOWE. Go, tell the Court-it glows And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the Church—it shows What's good, and doth no good. If Church and Court reply, Tell Potentates-they live, Acting by others actions, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That rule affairs of state Their purpose is ambition, Their practice-only hate. And if they once reply, Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell Zeal-it lacks devotion ; Tell Time-it is but motion; And wish them not reply, Tell Age-it daily wasteth; And as they shall reply, Tell Wit-how much it wrangles Herself in over-wiseness. And when they do reply, Tell Physic-of her boldness; Tell Skill-it is pretension; Tell Charity-of coldness; Tell Law-it is contention. And as they do reply, Tell Fortune-of her blindness; Tell Nature-of decay; Tell Friendship-of unkindness; Tell Justice of delay. And if they will reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell Arts-they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming ; Tell Schools-they want profoundness, And stand too much on seeming. If Arts and Schools reply, Give Arts and Schools the lie. |