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GONDIBERT,
6.
In Fields far sever'd both had reap'd renown;
And now his envie does to surfet feed
On what he wish'd his Eyes had never known;
For he begins to check his purpos'd deed.
In Fields far sever'd both had reap'd renown;
And now his envie does to surfet feed
On what he wish'd his Eyes had never known;
For he begins to check his purpos'd deed.
7.
And though Ambition did his rage renew;
Yet much he griev'd (mov'd with the Youthfull Train)
That Plants which so much promis'd as they grew,
Should in the Bud be ere performance, slain.
And though Ambition did his rage renew;
Yet much he griev'd (mov'd with the Youthfull Train)
That Plants which so much promis'd as they grew,
Should in the Bud be ere performance, slain.
8.
With these remorsefull thoughts, he a fair space
Advanc'd alone, then did his Troops command
To halt; the Duke th'example did embrace,
And gives like order by his lifted hand.
With these remorsefull thoughts, he a fair space
Advanc'd alone, then did his Troops command
To halt; the Duke th'example did embrace,
And gives like order by his lifted hand.
9.
Then when in easie reach of eithers voice
Thus Oswald spake, I wish (brave Gondibert)
Those wrongs which make thee now my angers choice,
Like my last fate were hidden from my heart.
Then when in easie reach of eithers voice
Thus Oswald spake, I wish (brave Gondibert)
Those wrongs which make thee now my angers choice,
Like my last fate were hidden from my heart.
10.
But since great Glory does allow small rest,
And bids us jealously to honour wake,
Why at alarms given hot even at my brest,
Should I not arm, but thinks my Scouts mistake?
But since great Glory does allow small rest,
And bids us jealously to honour wake,
Why at alarms given hot even at my brest,
Should I not arm, but thinks my Scouts mistake?
11.
'Tis loud in Camps, in Cities, and in Court,
(Where the important part of Mankind meets)
That my adoption is thy Faction's sport;
Scorn'd by hoarse Rhymers in Verona Streets.
'Tis loud in Camps, in Cities, and in Court,
(Where the important part of Mankind meets)
That my adoption is thy Faction's sport;
Scorn'd by hoarse Rhymers in Verona Streets.
12.
Who is renown'd enough but you or I
(And think not when you visit Fame, she less
Will welcome you for mine known Company)
To hope for Empire at our Kings decease?
Who is renown'd enough but you or I
(And think not when you visit Fame, she less
Will welcome you for mine known Company)
To hope for Empire at our Kings decease?
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