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Honour the darling but of one short day�察 �Beauty�察 �th' eye's idol�察 �but a
damask'd skin�察�State�察�but a golden prison�察�to live in And torture free´born
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minds�察�embroider'd Trains�察�Merely but pageants for proud swelling veins�察�
And Blood allied to greatness is alone Inherited�察 �not purchas'd�察 �nor our
own。 Fame�察 �Honour�察 �Beauty�察 �State�察 �Train�察 �Blood and Birth�察�Are but the
fading blossoms of the earth。
I would be great�察�but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the
rising hill�此�I would be high�察�but see the proudest oak Most subject to the
rending thunder´stroke�此�I would be rich�察�but see men�察�too unkind Dig in
the bowels of the richest mind�此�I would be wise�察�but that I often see The
fox suspected�察�whilst the ass goes free�此�I would be fair�察�but see the fair and
proud�察 �Like the bright sun�察 �oft setting in a cloud�此 �I would be poor�察 �but
know the humble grass Still trampled on by each unworthy ass�此 �Rich�察�
hated wise�察 �suspected�察 �scorn'd if poor�察 �Great�察 �fear'd�察 �fair�察 �tempted�察 �high�察�
still envy'd more。 I have wish'd all�察�but now I wish for neither。 Great�察�high�察�
rich�察�wise�察�nor fair�此�poor I'll be rather。
Would the World now adopt me for her heir�察�Would beauty's Queen
entitle me the fair�察�Fame speak me fortune's minion�察�could I ; vie Angels ;
with India with a speaking eye Command bare heads�察�bow'd knees�察�strike
justice dumb�察�As well as blind and lame�察 �or give a tongue To stones by
epitaphs�察�be call'd ; great master ; In the loose rhymes of every poetaster �拭�
Could I be more than any man that lives�察 �Great�察 �fair�察 �rich wise�察 �all in
superlatives�察�Yet I more freely would these gifts resign Than ever fortune
would have made them mine。 And hold one minute of this holy leisure
Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure。
Welcome�察 �pure thoughts�察 �welcome�察 �ye silent groves�察 �These guests�察�
these courts�察�my soul most dearly loves。 Now the wing'd people of the sky
shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring�此 �A pray'r´book�察�
now�察�shall be my looking´glass�察�In which I will adore sweet virtue's face。
Here dwell no hateful looks�察�no palace cares�察�No broken vows dwell here�察�
nor pale´fac'd fears�察�Then here I'll sit�察�and sigh my hot love's folly�察�And
learn t' affect an holy melancholy�此�And if contentment be a stranger then�察�
I'll ne'er look for it�察�but in heaven�察�again。
Venator。 Well�察�Master�察�these verses be worthy to keep a room in every
man's memory。 I thank you for them�察 �and I thank you for your many
instructions�察�which�察�God willing�察�I will not forget。 And as St。 Austin�察�in his
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Confessions�察 �commemorates the kindness of his friend Verecundus�察 �for
lending him and his companion a country house�察�because there they rested
and enjoyed themselves�察 �free from the troubles of the world�察 �so�察 �having
had the like advantage�察 �both by your conversation and the art you have
taught me�察 �I ought ever to do the like�察 �for�察 �indeed�察 �your company and
discourse have been so useful and pleasant�察�that�察�I may truly say�察�I have
only lived since I enjoyed them and turned angler�察 �and not before。
Nevertheless�察�here I must part with you�察�here in this now sad place�察�where
I was so happy as first to meet you�此�but I shall long for the ninth of May�察�
for then I hope again to enjoy your beloved company�察 �at the appointed
time and place。 And now I wish for some somniferous potion�察�that might
force me to sleep away the intermitted time�察�which will pass away with me
as tediously as it does with men in sorrow�察�nevertheless I will make it as
short as I can�察�by my hopes and wishes�此�and�察�my good Master�察�I will not
forget the doctrine which you told me Socrates taught his scholars�察 �that
they should not think to be honoured so much for being philosophers�察�as to
honour philosophy by their virtuous lives。 You advised me to the like
concerning Angling�察�and I will endeavour to do so�察�and to live like those
many worthy men�察�of which you made mention in the former part of your
discourse。 This is my firm resolution。 And as a pious man advised his
friend�察�that�察�to beget mortification�察�he should frequent churches�察�and view
monuments�察 �and charnel´houses�察 �and then and there consider how many
dead bodies time had piled up at the gates of death�察�so when I would beget
content�察 �and increase confidence in the power�察 �and wisdom�察 �and
providence of Almighty God�察�I will walk the meadows�察�by some gliding
stream�察�and there contemplate the lilies that take no care�察�and those very
many other various little living creatures that are not only created�察�but fed�察�
man knows not how�察�by the goodness of the God of Nature�察�and therefore
trust in him。 This is my purpose�察 �and so�察�let everything that hath breath
praise the Lord�此�and let the blessing of St。 Peter's Master be with mine。
Piscator And upon all that are lovers of virtue�察 �and dare trust in his
providence�察�and be quiet�察�and go a Angling。
;Study to be quiet。;
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