5. Sonnets in praise of Eminency or a publike Life, 2

TO Liue alone, alone is not to liue,
To die alone, alone is not to die:
For, Death is Life to such a liuelesse one
That liues alone, and lothes all Company.
Who liues alone, alone doth lyuing Die,
Who dies alone, alone doth dying liue:
For, Life gaue life for sweet Societie,
And Death, for Life, and Life, for Death did giue.
Earth's not alone, for, Earthling, creepe vpon it;
And Water's not alone, for Fish liue in it:
Ayre's not alone, for Sprights liue in, not on it:
And, Cricketts Liue with Fire, as all haue seene it:
Since these are all, from whence all Creatures spring,
Who Liues alone, liues not like any Thinge!