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25.
The toyls of diligence as much approv'd
As Valour's self, or th'Arts her practise gains;
The care of Men, more than of glory lov'd,
Success rewarded, and successless pains.
The toyls of diligence as much approv'd
As Valour's self, or th'Arts her practise gains;
The care of Men, more than of glory lov'd,
Success rewarded, and successless pains.
26.
To joyfull Victors quenching water sent,
Delightfull wine to their lamenting slaves;
For Feasts have more brave lives than Famine spent,
And Temp'rance more than Trench or Armour saves.
To joyfull Victors quenching water sent,
Delightfull wine to their lamenting slaves;
For Feasts have more brave lives than Famine spent,
And Temp'rance more than Trench or Armour saves.
27.
Valour his Mistress, Caution was his Friend;
Both to their diff'rent seasons he appli'd;
The first he lov'd, on th'other did depend;
The first made worth uneasie by her pride.
Valour his Mistress, Caution was his Friend;
Both to their diff'rent seasons he appli'd;
The first he lov'd, on th'other did depend;
The first made worth uneasie by her pride.
28.
He to submiss devotion more was given
After a battel gain'd, than ere 'twas fought;
As if it nobler were to thank high Heav'n
For favours past, than bow for bounty sought.
He to submiss devotion more was given
After a battel gain'd, than ere 'twas fought;
As if it nobler were to thank high Heav'n
For favours past, than bow for bounty sought.
29.
And thus through smarting heat, and aking cold,
Till Heav'ns perpetual Traveller had more
Than thirty journeys through the Zodiack told,
I serv'd thy Grandsire, whom I now adore.
And thus through smarting heat, and aking cold,
Till Heav'ns perpetual Traveller had more
Than thirty journeys through the Zodiack told,
I serv'd thy Grandsire, whom I now adore.
30.
For Heav'n in his too ripe and weary age,
Call'd him, where peacefully he rules a Star;
Free'd from the lower El'ments ceaseless rage,
Which last like Monarchs pow'r by needfull war.
For Heav'n in his too ripe and weary age,
Call'd him, where peacefully he rules a Star;
Free'd from the lower El'ments ceaseless rage,
Which last like Monarchs pow'r by needfull war.
31.
Strait thy lamented Father did succeed
To his high place, by Aribert's consent,
Our Ensigns through remoter Lands to lead:
Him too I follow'd till he upward went.
Strait thy lamented Father did succeed
To his high place, by Aribert's consent,
Our Ensigns through remoter Lands to lead:
Him too I follow'd till he upward went.
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