Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 17. VVhy we must all dye

IT being the law of Nations to restore
What we have borrow'd, ther's no remedy:
But being engaged to a Creditor,
Who will not lose his debt: we must needs dye:
Nor can we plead one halfe a termes delay;
For when Death craves it, we are forc'd to pay.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 25. That vertue is of greater worth, then knowledge. to a speculative Philosopher
2. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 17. The expression of a contented mind in povertie
3. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 1. How to behave ones selfe in all occasions
4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 3. The couragious resolution of a valiant man
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth

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