From Yet Other Twelve Wonders of the World by Sir John Davies I. The Courtier LONG haue I liu'd in court, yet learned not all this while, To sel poore sutors, smoke : nor where I hate, to smile : Superiors to adore, Inferiors to despise, To flye from such as fall, to follow such as rise ; To cloake a poore desire vnder rich array, Not to aspire by vice, though twere the quicker way. Source: Davies, Sir John. The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Vol II. Rev. Alexander B, Grosart, Ed. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1876. 65. to Works of Sir John Davies Site copyright ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on November 20, 1999. Updated on July 25, 2007.