Living

Divitiae

by Henry Peacham 1576?–1643?

From Minerva Britanna (1612)

Living

THE country Swaines, at footeball heere are seene,
Which each gapes after, for to get a blow,
The while some one, away runnes with it cleane,
It meetes another, at the goale below
Who never stirrd, one catcheth heere a fall,
And there one's maimd, who never saw the ball.

This worldly wealth, is tossed too and fro,
At which like Brutes, each striues with might and maine,
To get a kick, by others overthrow,
Heere one's fetch't vp, and there another slaine,
With eager hast, and then it doth affront
Some stander by, who never thought vpon't.

MLA

Peacham, Henry. “Divitiae.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/78/.

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Peacham, Henry. “Divitiae.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/78/.

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