"And such are those, whose wily, waxen minde /Takes every Seal, and sails with every Winde"
— Sylvester, Joshua (1562/3-;1618)
Work Title
Date
1621
Metaphor
"And such are those, whose wily, waxen minde /Takes every Seal, and sails with every Winde"
Metaphor in Context
And such are those, whose wily, waxen minde
Takes every Seal, and sails with every Winde;
Not out of Conscience, but of Carnall Motion,
Of Fear, or Favour, Profit, or Poomotion:
Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince,
Pern their Profession, their Religion mince;
Prince-Protestants, Prince-Catholiks; Precise,
With Such a Prince; with other, otherwise:
Yea, oldest Gangræns of blinde-burning Zeal
(As the Kings Evill) a new King can heal.
Takes every Seal, and sails with every Winde;
Not out of Conscience, but of Carnall Motion,
Of Fear, or Favour, Profit, or Poomotion:
Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince,
Pern their Profession, their Religion mince;
Prince-Protestants, Prince-Catholiks; Precise,
With Such a Prince; with other, otherwise:
Yea, oldest Gangræns of blinde-burning Zeal
(As the Kings Evill) a new King can heal.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "wax" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/27/2005
