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32.
The Duke would lasting calms to Courts assure,
As pleasant Gardens we defend from winds;
For he who bus'ness would from Storms procure,
Soon his affairs above his mannage finds.
The Duke would lasting calms to Courts assure,
As pleasant Gardens we defend from winds;
For he who bus'ness would from Storms procure,
Soon his affairs above his mannage finds.
33.
Oswald in Throngs the abject People sought
With humble looks; who still too late will know
They are Ambitious Quarrie, and soon caught
When the aspiring Eagle stoops so low.
Oswald in Throngs the abject People sought
With humble looks; who still too late will know
They are Ambitious Quarrie, and soon caught
When the aspiring Eagle stoops so low.
34.
The Duke did these by stedie Virtue gain;
Which they in action more than precept tast;
Deeds shew the Good, and those who goodness feign
By such even through their vizards are out-fac't.
The Duke did these by stedie Virtue gain;
Which they in action more than precept tast;
Deeds shew the Good, and those who goodness feign
By such even through their vizards are out-fac't.
35.
Oswald in war was worthily renown'd;
Though gay in Courts, coursly in Camps could live;
Judg'd danger soon, and first was in it found;
Could toil to gain what he with ease did give.
Oswald in war was worthily renown'd;
Though gay in Courts, coursly in Camps could live;
Judg'd danger soon, and first was in it found;
Could toil to gain what he with ease did give.
36.
Yet toils and dangers through ambition lov'd;
Which does in war the name of Virtue own;
But quits that name when from the war remov'd,
As Rivers theirs when from their Channels gon.
Yet toils and dangers through ambition lov'd;
Which does in war the name of Virtue own;
But quits that name when from the war remov'd,
As Rivers theirs when from their Channels gon.
37.
The Duke (as restless as his fame in war)
With martial toil could Oswald wearie make;
And calmly do what he with rage did dare,
And give so much as he might deign to take.
The Duke (as restless as his fame in war)
With martial toil could Oswald wearie make;
And calmly do what he with rage did dare,
And give so much as he might deign to take.
38.
Him as their Founder Cities did adore;
The Court he knew to steer in storms of State;
In Field a Battel lost he could restore,
And after force the Victors to their Fate.
Him as their Founder Cities did adore;
The Court he knew to steer in storms of State;
In Field a Battel lost he could restore,
And after force the Victors to their Fate.
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