Living
Sine refluxu
From Minerva Britanna (1612)
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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