History & Politics
Fabritius Curio, Who Refused Gold of the Samnites, and Discovered to King Pyrrhus His Physician That Offered to Poison Him
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
My famous country values gold far less
Than conquest brave of such as gold possess.
To be o'ercome with wealth I do not use,
And to o'ercome with poison I refuse.
No hand loves more than mine to give to many;
No heart hates more than mine to take of any.
With so firm steel virtue my mind hath armed
That not by gold nor iron can it be harmed.
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MLA
Davison, Francis. “Fabritius Curio, Who Refused Gold of the Samnites, and Discovered to King Pyrrhus His Physician That Offered to Poison Him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/9/.
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Davison, Francis. “Fabritius Curio, Who Refused Gold of the Samnites, and Discovered to King Pyrrhus His Physician That Offered to Poison Him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/9/.
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