The Temple
(Matthew 13:45)
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The Pearl (Matthew 13:45)
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I know the wayes of learning; both the head And pipes that feed the presse, and make it runne; What reason hath from nature borrowed, Or of it self, like a good huswife, spunne In laws and policie; what the starres conspire, What willing nature speaks, what forc’d by fire; Both th’ old discoveries, and the new-found seas, The stock and surplus, cause and historie: All these stand open, or I have the keyes: I know the wayes of honour, what maintains The quick returns of courtesie and wit: In vies of favours whether partie gains, When glorie swells the heart, and moldeth it To all expressions both of hand and eye, Which on the world a true-love-knot may tie, And bear the bundle, wheresoe’re it goes: How many drammes of spirit there must be To sell my life unto my friends or foes: I know the wayes of pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and the relishes of it; The propositions of hot bloud and brains; What mirth and musick mean; what love and wit Have done these twentie hundred yeares, and more: I know the projects of unbridled store: My stuffe is flesh, not brasse; my senses live, And grumble oft, that they have more in me Then he that curbs them, being but one to five: I know all these, and have them in my hand: Therefore not sealed, but with open eyes I flie to thee, and fully understand Both the main sale, and the commodities; And at what rate and price I have thy love; With all the circumstances that may move: Yet through the labyrinths, not my groveling wit, But thy silk twist let down from heav’n to me, Did both conduct and teach me, how by it |
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