Social Commentaries

To my knowing and worthie esteemed friend Augustine Vincent, all meriting content

by Richard Brathwaite 1588?–1673

From Natures Embassie (1621)

Social Commentaries

May you be in
Your actions prosperous,
And as ingenious,
So victorious;
So may your fate,
Smile on your happie name,
And crowne you with,
A glorious Anagram:
While Vertue,
(Mans best lustre) seemes to be,
That style, which stamps
You deepe in Heraldrie.

MLA

Brathwaite, Richard. “To my knowing and worthie esteemed friend Augustine Vincent, all meriting content.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/105/.

Chicago

Brathwaite, Richard. “To my knowing and worthie esteemed friend Augustine Vincent, all meriting content.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/105/.

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