Religion

An Angel-like Man

by John Davies of Hereford c. 1565–1618

From Obit-Rights (1612)

Religion

HE which (prouokt) endures, as borne to beare;
and lookes alike in greatest weale and woe;
That so loues good, that ill he nought doth feare;
and ebbes in Minde when Fortunes most doe slow.

That bounds Desire with lesse than he enioyes:
(for, onely nothing's lesse then Nature needes)
That holds all Vertues deare; all else but toyes;
and, meekely, scowres Prides rust, from his bright deeds.

That's better than hee seemes, yet seemes the best:
but, without scandall, seekes to seeme the worst:
That, quell'd with Crosses, thinkes him highly blest;
and, for the Blisse of all, would dye accurst:
In summe: that would doe all that All should do
For loue of All: this Man's an Angell too.

MLA

Hereford, John Davies of. “An Angel-like Man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/61/.

Chicago

Hereford, John Davies of. “An Angel-like Man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/61/.

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