VII.

These manacles upon mine arm

I as my mistress' favours wear; And for to keep mine ancles warm,

I have fome iron fhackles there.

These walls are but my garrifon; this cell,.

Which men call jail, doth

prove my citadek

VIII.

Thus he that ftruck at Jafon's life,

Thinking to make his purpose sure,

By a malicious friendly knife

Did only wound him to his cure.

Malice, we fee, wants wit; for what is meant Mischief, oft-times proves favour by th' event.

IX..

Altho' I cannot fee my king,.

Neither in perfon, nor in coin; Yet contemplation is a thing

That renders what I have not, mine. My king from me no adamant can. part, Whom I do wear engraven in my heart..

X.

Have you not heard the nightingale,
A pris'ner close kept in a cage,
How fhe doth chant her wonted tale

In that her narrow hermitage.?

Ev'n that her melody doth plainly prove,
Her boughs are trees, her cage a pleasant grove..

XI.

My foul is free as is the ambient air,

Which doth my outward parts include; Whilft loyal thoughts do ftill repair

To company my folitude.

What tho' they do with chains my body bind,
My king can only captivate my mind.

XII.

I am that bird which they combine
Thus to deprive of liberty;
And tho' my corpfe they can confine,

Yet maugre that

my foul is free.

Tho' I'm mew'd up, yet I can chirp and fing,
Difgrace to rebels, glory to my king.

In fome copies of this poem the following ftanza is inferted between the feventh and eighth :

When once my prince affliction hath,.

Profperity doth treason feem;
And for to smooth fo rough a path,

I can learn patience from him.

But now to fuffer fhews a legal part;

When kings want eafe, fubjects must learn to fmart.

But

But this ftanza utterly deftroys the uniformity of the poem, and is inconfiftent with every other part of it. The defign of the whole is, to reprefent as benefits what . had by his enemies been intended as punishments, and to fhew, that "malice wants wit to effect its purpose :” but this ftanza contains an acknowledgment, that malice has effected its purpose upon him; that he suffers; and that it is fit he should suffer. For this reason, and because it is not in all copies, it is omitted in this, either as compofed by the author, and afterwa: ds rejected, er as interpolated by fome other.

VERSES

BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH

Go foul, the body's guest,

Upon a thanklefs errant,

Fear not to touch the beft,

The truth fhall be thy warrant..

Go, fince I needs must dye,
And give them all the lye.

Go, tell the court it glowfe

And fhines like painted wood.;
Go, tell the church it fhowes
What's good, does no good..
If court and church replye,
Give court and church the lye. ·

Tell

Tell potentates they live
Acting, but oh! their actions
Not lov'd unless they give!

Not strong, but by their factions.
If potentates replye,

Give potentates the lye.

Tell me not of high condition,
That rule affairs of state;
Their purpose is ambition;
Their practice only hate.

And if they do replye,
Then give them all the lye.

Tell thofe that brave it mofte,

They begge more by spendinge;

Who, in their greatest coste,

Seek nothing but commendinge.

And if they make replye,
Spare not to give the lye.

Tell zeal it lacks devotion;
Tell love it is but lufte;
Tell time it is but motion;
Tell flesh it is but dufte.
And wish them not replye,
For thou must give the lye.

Tell

Tell age it daily wafteth;
Tell honour how it alters;

Tell beautye that it blafteth;

Tell favour that fhe falters.

And as they do replye,

Give every one the lye.

Tell wit how much it wrangles
In fickle points of nicenefs;
Tell wifdom fhe entangles
Herfelf in over-wifenefs.

And if they do replye,
Then give them both the lye.

Tell phyfick of her boldness;
Tell skill it is pretenfion;

Tell charity of coldness;

Tell law it is contention.

And if they yield replye,
Then give them still the lye.

Tell fortune of her blindness;
Tell nature of decay;
Tell friendship of unkindness;

Tell juftice of delay.

And if they do replye,

Then give them all the lye..

Telt