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Gloria Principum: To the right truely Noble, and most Honourable Lord WILLIAM, Earle of

by Henry Peacham 1576?–1643?

From Minerva Britanna (1612)

Living

A LADIE faire, who with Maiestique grace,
Supportes a huge, and stately Pyramis.
(Such as th'old Monarches long agoe did place,
By NILVS bankes, to keepe their memories;)
Whose brow (with all the orient Pearles beset,)
Begirte's a rich and pretious Coronet.

Shee Glorie is of Princes, as I find
Describ'd in Moneies, and in Meddailes old;
Those Gemmes are glorious proiectes of the mind,
Adorning more their Roall heades, then Gold.
The Pyramis the worldes great wonderment,
Is of their fame, some lasting Moniment.

MLA

Peacham, Henry. “Gloria Principum: To the right truely Noble, and most Honourable Lord WILLIAM, Earle of.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/20/.

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Peacham, Henry. “Gloria Principum: To the right truely Noble, and most Honourable Lord WILLIAM, Earle of.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/20/.

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