Living
His graviora
From Minerva Britanna (1612)
THE valiant mind, whome nothing can dismay,
The losse of frendes, of goods, or long exile
From natiue countrie, perils on the Sea,
Night-watchings, hunger, thirst, and howerly toile,
Takes courage, and the same abideth fast,
With resolution, even vnto the last.
Such shew'd himselfe, AENEAS vnto those
Of his poore remnant, on the Tyrrhene Seas;
When even dispaire, their eies began to close,
We greater bruntes, haue borne (quoth he) then these:
And God, (my Mates,) when he shall please will send,
Vnto our greatest miseries an end.
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Peacham, Henry. “His graviora.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/162/.
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Peacham, Henry. “His graviora.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/162/.
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