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Poem by Thomas Urquhart
Epigrams. The First Booke. № 13. Who is not satisfied with his owne fortune, how great soever it be, is miserable
THough the Septemvirat of Dutch Electors
Inaugurat him Caesar: and each one
Extoll his valour above that of Hectors:
In wit, and wealth surpassing Salomon;
Yet if he proudly soare a higher pitch:
He's neither mighty, valiant, wise, nor rich.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart's other poems:- Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
- Epigrams. The First Booke. № 24. That they may be alike rich, who are not alike abun∣dantly stored with worldly commodities
- Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 25. That vertue is of greater worth, then knowledge. to a speculative Philosopher
- Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 17. VVhy we must all dye
- Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 5. A certaine ancient philosopher did hereby insi∣nuate, how necessary a thing the administrati∣on of iustice was: and to be alwaies vigilant in the judicious di∣stribution of punishment, and recompence
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