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Poem by Thomas Urquhart


Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 8. The resolution of a proficient in vertue


I Hope so little to transgresse the Law,
My conscience will endite me, or be proud
Of wealth, and pomp: as not to care a straw
For Fortunes frownes: so that my deeds be good,
Which eternize my blisse, while she makes Kings.
T'enjoy at best, but transitory things.



Thomas Urquhart


Thomas Urquhart's other poems:
  1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 25. That vertue is of greater worth, then knowledge. to a speculative Philosopher
  2. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 12. An vprightly zealous, and truly devout man is strong enough against all temptations
  3. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 35. To a Gentleman, who was extreamly offen∣ded at the defamatory speeches of a base detractor
  4. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 17. The expression of a contented mind in povertie
  5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth


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