Social Commentaries
To Sir Iohn Fitzherbert of Narbury
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
SOme worthy cause doth make your Country hold
Your selfe so deare: It is sweet curtesie,
And goodnesse, that adornes you more than gold,
And wins more honour than a crowne can buy.
For though great vices titles rot, the fame
Of vertue keeps her sound, and spreads her name.
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