Characters and elegies. By Francis VVortley, Knight and Baronet.

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Title: Characters and elegies. By Francis VVortley, Knight and Baronet.
Author: Wortley, Francis, Sir, 1591-1652.
Publication: [London :: s.n.],; Printed in the yeere, M DC XLVI. [1646]
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Subject terms: Characters and characteristics -- Early works to 1800.; Elegiac poetry, English -- 17th century.
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Scilicet ut fulvum spectatur in ignibus aurum,
Tempora sic du••o est inspicienda fides.
Dum Juvat, & vultu ridet fortuna secundo,
Indelibatas cuncta sequuntur opes:
Vix duo tresve inter, tot restatis amici
Cetera fortunae, non me turba fuit.
Illud amicitiae sanctum, & venerabile nomen,
Re tibi pro vili sub pedibus{que} jacet.
Donec eris faelix, multos numerabis amicos,
Tempora si ••uerint nubila, solus eris.
Horrea formici tendunt ad mania nunquam,
Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.
Mobile sic sequ tur fortunae legitima vulgus,
In duris autem, remanentem rebus amicum
Callebit inviso Caesar in hoste probatur.