Living
Per far denari
From Minerva Britanna (1612)
THE worldly wretch, that day and night doth toile,
And tire himselfe in bodie and in minde,
To gather that by all devises vile,
He must be faine ere long to leaue behinde:
All shapes like PROTEVS gladly entertaines,
No matter what, so that they bring the gaines.
Abroade Religion, Flatterie at the Court,
Plaine dealing in the Countrie where he dwells,
Then Gravitie among the wiser sort,
Where Fooles are rife, his Follie most excells:
Thus every way transforme himselfe he can
Saue one, in time to turne an honest man.
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Peacham, Henry. “Per far denari.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/200/.
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Peacham, Henry. “Per far denari.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/200/.
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