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32 THE SECOND BOOKE
No end in iniferies that trouble us,
Turmoyle the body, and perplex our mind ;
Although we change, with great varietie,
The matter which procures our miferie.
THE DIFFERENT FRUITS OF IDLENESSE AND VERTUE
IN YOUNG MEN.
As finging graflioppers, a fond Youth revels
Jn linnmer blinks, and ftarves when tempefts rage ;
But wile men, Pifmire like, enjoy the travels
Of their young yeares in th' winter of their age :
Thefe by their providence have wealth in treafure,
While thofe are pained for their by-gone pleafure.
TO A GENEROUSLY DISPOSED GENTLEMAN, WHO WAS MAINE S0RR1E
THAT HE HAD NOT WHEREWITH TO REMUNERAT THE FAVOURS BY
THE WHICH HE WAS OBLIGED TO THE CURTESIE OF A FRIEND.
You have reftor'd his kindneffe, if you owe
It willingly, and doth not prove forgetfull ;
For with all mankind it would hardly goe,
If no man could with empty hands be gratefull ;
And in what may concerne a benefit,
'Tis th' onely mind refounds and maketh it.
THE TRUEST WEALTH, MAN HATH IT FROM HIMSELFE.
If you from difcontents have a defire
To live exeem'd, the way is ne'r t' importune
Your friends with fuits, but alwaies to require
Your riches from your felfe, and not from fortune :
For your diflike, affection, and opinion,
Are things ftill fubjeel; to your owne dominion.
No end in iniferies that trouble us,
Turmoyle the body, and perplex our mind ;
Although we change, with great varietie,
The matter which procures our miferie.
THE DIFFERENT FRUITS OF IDLENESSE AND VERTUE
IN YOUNG MEN.
As finging graflioppers, a fond Youth revels
Jn linnmer blinks, and ftarves when tempefts rage ;
But wile men, Pifmire like, enjoy the travels
Of their young yeares in th' winter of their age :
Thefe by their providence have wealth in treafure,
While thofe are pained for their by-gone pleafure.
TO A GENEROUSLY DISPOSED GENTLEMAN, WHO WAS MAINE S0RR1E
THAT HE HAD NOT WHEREWITH TO REMUNERAT THE FAVOURS BY
THE WHICH HE WAS OBLIGED TO THE CURTESIE OF A FRIEND.
You have reftor'd his kindneffe, if you owe
It willingly, and doth not prove forgetfull ;
For with all mankind it would hardly goe,
If no man could with empty hands be gratefull ;
And in what may concerne a benefit,
'Tis th' onely mind refounds and maketh it.
THE TRUEST WEALTH, MAN HATH IT FROM HIMSELFE.
If you from difcontents have a defire
To live exeem'd, the way is ne'r t' importune
Your friends with fuits, but alwaies to require
Your riches from your felfe, and not from fortune :
For your diflike, affection, and opinion,
Are things ftill fubjeel; to your owne dominion.
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