THE Satires OF BISHOP HALL. IN SIX BOOKS. THE FIRST THREE OF TOOTHLESS SATIRES. 1. POETICAL. 3. MORAL. A DEFIANCE TO ENVY. NAY; let the prouder pines of Ida feare Whose swelling grains are like begall'd alone, Stand ye secure, ye safer shrubs below, Let high attempts dread envy and ill tongues, So wont big oaks feare winding ivy weed: So soaring eagles fear the neighbour sunne : So golden* Mazor wont suspicion breed, Of deadly hemlock's poisoned potion: So adders shroud themselves in fairest leaves: So fouler fate the fairer thing bereaves. * Mazor-a standing cup to drink in. |