Living

Of simple looke, with countenance demure

by Henry Peacham 1576?–1643?

From Minerva Britanna (1612)

Living

OF simple looke, with countenance demure,
In golden coate, lo heere DECEITE doth stand,
With eies to heauen vpcast, as he were pure,
Or never yet, in knau'ry had a hand,
Whose nether partes, resemble to our sight,
The figure of a fearefll Serpent right.

And by his side, a Panther close you see,
Who when he cannot easily catch his pray,
Doth hide his head, and face, with either knee,
And shew his back, with spots bespeckled gay
To other Beastes: which while they gaze vpon,
Are vnawares, surprized every one.

MLA

Peacham, Henry. “Of simple looke, with countenance demure.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/45/.

Chicago

Peacham, Henry. “Of simple looke, with countenance demure.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/45/.

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