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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOOK OR [OR, ERE] YOU LEAP, by JASPER HEYWOOD Poet Analysis First Line: If thou in surety safe wilt sit Last Line: See all! Say nought! Hold thee content! Subject(s): Discretion | |||
If thou in surety safe wilt sit, If thou delight at rest to dwell, Spend no more words than shall seem fit, Let tongue in silence talk expel: In all things that thou seest men bent, See all! say nought! hold thee content! In worldly works degrees are three, Makers, doers, and lookers-on: The lookers-on have liberty Both the others to judge upon: Wherefore, in all, as men are bent, See all! say nought! hold thee content! The makers oft are in fault found; The doers doubt of praise or shame; The lookers-on find surest ground, They have the fruit, yet free from blame: This doth persuade in all here meant, See all! say nought! hold thee content! The proverb is not south and west, Which hath been said long time ago, "Of little meddling cometh rest, The busy man never wanteth woe': The best way, is, in all worlds sent, See all! say nought! hold thee content! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRIOLETS OF DISCRETION by RAY CLARKE ROSE ROMAN SKETCHBOOK: OBJECT by ROBERT CREELEY RETURN TO HELOISE by MARTYN CRUCEFIX SUNDAY COMICS (5) by SANDY MCINTOSH POLITICAL REFLECTION by OGDEN NASH YEARS OF DISCRETION by PHILODEMUS OF GADARA REGARDING CHAINSAWS by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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