The foure ages of England, or, The iron age with other select poems / written by Mr. A. Cowley.
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- Title
- The foure ages of England, or, The iron age with other select poems / written by Mr. A. Cowley.
- Author
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
- Publication
- [London :: s.n.],
- 1648.
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- Subject terms
- English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
- Cite this Item
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"The foure ages of England, or, The iron age with other select poems / written by Mr. A. Cowley." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34821.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
Pages
Page 15
The throne of Justice, and excell in right,
As't did in state, in dignity and might,
Became th' Asylum of Ambition,
Envy and fraud, where vice doth tread upon
O'reswayed vertue, and doth seem to be
Vertue it selfe, vail'd o're by pollicie.
Injurious persons of all sorts resort,
As to the hornes o'th' Altar, to the Court.