As causer of the smoke is the kindeler of the fyer,
Euen soe is wanton talke the cause of yll desyer:
And as in this soe in the reste if thou wilte fle yll,
Fle then all occasion that belongethe thereuntyll.
(Nicholas Bacon)
More Poetry from Nicholas Bacon:
- In Commendacion Of The Meane Estate (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
- A Prayer Of A Penytente (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
- Made At Wymbleton In His Lo: Greate Sickenes In The Laste Yeare Of Quene Marye (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
- The Prologe To The Maske Of Myndes (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
- A Carolle. (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
- Of A Fryer And A Marryner (Nicholas Bacon Poems)