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- THE RAPE OF LVCRECL
Tlic a^^cd man that coffers vp his gold,
Is plagu'd w ith cramps, and goiitSjand paincfull fits,
A'"id (carcc bath eyes his treaiui e to behold, .
But
like
ftill
pining
TANXAtvshc
fits,
And
vfelcde barnes
the
harucft
of
his
wits:
Hauing
no
other picafure
of
his
gainc,
But
torment
that
it
cannot
cure
his
paiiie.
5Jo then he hath it when he cannot vfe ic,
And Icaucs it to be maiftrcd by his yong :
Who in their pridodo prcfently abii^e it,
^ heir father was too wcakc, and they too ftrong
To hold their curfcd-blelTed Fortune long.
" The fwects we wilhfor,turne to lot bed fb wrs,
" Euen in the moment that we call them ours.
Vnruly blafts wnit on the tender fpring,
Vrrfiolfome weeds take roote with precious fiowrs,
The Adder hiffes where the fweetc birds fing,
'What Vertue breedes Iniquity deuours:
':V Ve haue no good that we can fay is ours,
ā¦ But ill annexed opportunity
> Orkils his Iifc,orclfc his quality, O
11. 855-875
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