Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 8. The resolution of a proficient in vertue

I Hope so little to transgresse the Law,
My conscience will endite me, or be proud
Of wealth, and pomp: as not to care a straw
For Fortunes frownes: so that my deeds be good,
Which eternize my blisse, while she makes Kings.
T'enjoy at best, but transitory things.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
2. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 30. That wise men, to speak properly, are the most powerfull men in the world
3. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome
4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 3. The couragious resolution of a valiant man
5. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 17. VVhy we must all dye

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