-Oh, 'tis excellent To have a giant's ftrength! but it is tyrannous Shakespear's Measure for Measure. For pow'r is proud, till it look down to fear; Lord Brooke's Alaham. In all ftates, pow'r which oppreffeth fpirits, Lord Brooke's Mustapha. Pow'r, doth what likes, in her inferiors move; Lord Brooke's Alaham. Instead of thefe, I faw the veils of pow'r, The violent thunder is ador'd by those Are dafh'd in pieces by it. Ibid. Webfter's White Devil. Pow'r's a strange thing, which ev'n additions make But one dish more, you prejudice the rest: Aleyn's Henry VII. With what a diff'rence nature's palate taftes The fweeter draught which art provides her, pow'r :. Since pow'r, pride's wine, but high in relish lafts Whilft fuming new; for time does turn it four? Yet Yet pow'r, earth's tempting fruit, heav'n firft did plant, Whom no command can rule, nor council teach. Pow'r is that luscious wine, which does the bold, Sir W. Davenant's Gondibert. Yield not in ftorms of ftate to that dislike Which from the people does to rulers grow; Pow'r, fortune's fail, fhould not for threat'nings ftrike; In boats beftorm'd, all check at thofe that row. Ibid. For he who fecrets, pow'r's chief treasure, fpends, To purchase friendship, friendship dearly buys: Since pow'r feeks great confed'rates, more than friends. My reward is pow'r ; peace; An outward trifle, bought with inward But how men gain their pow'r, the gods do not Ibid. Ibid. E. of Orrery's Tryphon. Oh wretched he, who call'd abroad by pow'r, Crown's Thyeftes. But pow'r, it seems, can change the names of things; Call treafon virtue, and make rebels kings. Crown's Charles VIII. of France. PRAISE. 24.243. PRAISE. Or who would ever care to do brave deed, Or ftrive in virtue others to excel; If none fhould yield him his deserved meed, Due praife, that is the spur of doing well? For if good were not praised more than ill, None would chufe goodness, of his own free will. Spenfer's Tears of the Muses. One good deed, dying tonguelefs, Slaughters a thoufand waiting upon that: Our praises are our wages. Shakespear's Winter's Tale. The worthiness of praise diftains his worth; If he that's prais'd, himself bring the praise forth : What the repining enemy commends, That breath, fame blows; that praise, fole fcends. pure tran Shakespear's Troilus and Creffida. Oh, what a world is this, when what is comely Skakefpear's As you like it. As what they've loft t' expect, they dare deride : Jobnfon's Foreft. And what is moft commended at this time, E. of Sterline's Darius. Of which vain minds, it may be truly faid, Lord Brooke on Fame and Honour. Too eager a defence argues a strong, Good wines can vent themselves, and not good wits. Marfton's Second Part of Antonio and Mellida. I kept in mind where from his tale he fell," Oft he would fay, how fweet a prince is he ! Drayton's Countess of Salisbury to the Black Prince. To higher acts to praise is to advise. Telling men what they are, we let them fee, And reprefent to them, what they fhould be. To refufe juft praise, Aleyn's Poitiers. Is an extreme, worse, than man's over-weening Nabbs's Hannibal and Scipio. A Venus and Diana mixt in one She was; whose wit was ev'n in greenest years And crown'd with graces, envy'd by white hairs: Than a coarse garment to a princely dame; Think not weak mufe by thy low fong to raise her; Praife is but virtue's fhadow; who court her, Baron. Heath's Claraftella. This is new court thrift; they are not able Each other, with their own praises. Sir W. Davenant's Siege. Now he brings The youths to view the temple built for praise; Commend but fparingly whom thou dof. love; Denham. Hark how they bandy praife, and flatt'ry round! |