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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAELICA: 104, by FULKE GREVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two sects there be in this earth opposite Last Line: What mortal idol then can equal fame? Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, 1st Baron; Brooke, Lord | |||
Two sects there be in this earth opposite, The one makes Mahomet a deity, A tyrant Tartar raised by war and sleight, Ambitious ways of infidelity. The world their heaven is, the world is great, And racketh those hearts, where it hath receipt. The other sect of cloistered people is Less to the world with which they seem to war, And so in less things drawn to do amiss, As all lusts, less than lust of conquest are. Now if of God both these have but the name, What mortal idol then can equal fame? | 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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