TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND, M. THOS. FALCONBIRGE.
by Robert Herrick


STAND with thy graces forth, brave man, and rise
High with thine own auspicious destinies :
Nor leave the search, and proof, till thou canst find
These, or those ends, to which thou wast design'd.
Thy lucky genius, and thy guiding star
Have made thee prosperous in thy ways thus far :
Nor will they leave thee till they both have shown
Thee to the world a prime and public one.
Then, when thou see'st thine age all turn'd to gold,
Remember what thy Herrick thee foretold,
When at the holy threshold of thine house
He boded good luck to thy self and spouse.
Lastly, be mindful, when thou art grown great,
That towers high rear'd dread most the lightning's threat :
Whenas the humble cottages not fear
The cleaving bolt of Jove the thunderer.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 226.



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