Social Commentaries
Nebuchadnezzars Image moraliz'd
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Like this Kings Image with the head of gold,
Th' ambitious seemes, and makes a lofty show
Of wisedome; but his latter end behold,
And you shall see the proud aspirer goe
On earthen feet, whose frailty will not beare
Their master out, from danger or from feare.
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