Living

Sine refluxu

by Henry Peacham 1576?–1643?

From Minerva Britanna (1612)

Living

THE CASPIAN Sea, as Histories do show,
(Whome Rocky Shores, on every side surround,)
Was never seene by man, to ebbe and flow:
But still abides the same, within his bound;
That drought no whit, diminisheth his store,
Nor neighbour streames, augment his greatnes more.

Thus should we beare, one and the selfe-same saile,
In what ere fortune, pleaseth God to send,
In mid'st of trouble, not of courage faile,
Nor be to proude, when fortune is our frend:
And in all honest actes, we take in hand,
Thus constant, in our resolutions stand.

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Peacham, Henry. “Sine refluxu.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/25/.

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Peacham, Henry. “Sine refluxu.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/25/.

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