Epigram 65. To my Cousins Germans Mr. Cromwell, Mr. Byron, Mr. Ratcliff, and M. Alexander Stanhope

The worlds four Parts, and all the various Seas
And Rivers that embrace them thousand wayes,
Perfect the Globe terrestrial, set it fix't
Equal the circumvolving Heaven betwixt:
So you four (joyning in a Sympathie
Of an unmach'd, fraternal Amitie,
Sought to for noble Soules, by all that can
Under and Honour, or a Generous man)
Are courted on all sides, and truly do
Love them reciprocally that love you;
So that your friends and you do justly stand
The Centre of fair Friendship in the Land.