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Poem by Thomas Urquhart


Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 41. To one, who was grieved within himselfe, that he was not endewed with such force, and vi∣gour of body, as many others were


THough you be not so strong, as other men,
Jf you have health, the matter is but small;
You being reserv'd for tasks, more noble, then
The labours of the body: therefore all
Page  58 You can complaine of, is not of defect,
But of imparitie: Nature did grant
Milo great strength, in whose regard you're weake:
So was he weaker then an Elephant:
His strength decay'd: but Solons lasted longer,
And wise men love not, what's not durable:
Care not for strength; seeing sicknesse will be stronger:
But with your soule, as with a Sword of steele,
Within a sheath of Wooll, subdue temptations;
For the true strength of Man, being in the mind,
He is much stronger, overcomes his passions,
Then who can with main force a Lyon bind;
And who himselfe thus in subjection brings,
Surmounts the power of all Earthly Kings.



Thomas Urquhart


Thomas Urquhart's other poems:
  1. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 41. Concerning those, who marry for beauty, and wealth without regard of vertue
  2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 13. What the subject of your conference ought to be with men of judgment, and account
  3. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 42. The speech of a noble spirit to his adversary, whom af∣ter he had defeated, he acknowledgeth to be nothing in∣feriour to himselfe in worth, wit, or valour, thereby insinuating that a wise man cannot properly bee subdued: though he be orthrown in body, and worldly commodities
  4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 19. What is not vertuously acquired, if acquired by vs, is not properly ours
  5. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 17. VVhy we must all dye


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