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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAELICA: 106, by FULKE GREVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How falls it out the sincere magistrate Last Line: Who roots their vice out, must pierce deeper in. Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, 1st Baron; Brooke, Lord | |||
How falls it out the sincere magistrate, Who keeps the course of justice sacredly, Reaps from the people reverence and hate, But not the love which follows liberty? The cause is plain, since tax on people's good Is hardly borne; sense, having no foresight, Hates reason's works as strange to flesh and blood, Whence he that strives to keep man's heart upright Taxeth his fancies at an higher rate, And laying laws upon his frailty, Brings all his vices to a bankrupt state, So much is true worth more refined than we. Again, who tasks men's wealth, pierce but their skin; Who roots their vice out, must pierce deeper in. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TREATIE OF HUMAN LEARNING (COMPLETE 1-151) by FULKE GREVILLE CAELICA: 101 by FULKE GREVILLE CAELICA: 102 by FULKE GREVILLE CAELICA: 103 by FULKE GREVILLE |
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