George Withers' Emblemes

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To Have, andnot to Vfc thefame ;
Is not our Glory, but our Shame.
ILLVSTR. XXXVI.
Book, i
He Eftridgt (though with many Featherstt\mmd y
And deckt with goodly Plumes of no mcanc fizc)
Is fo unwieldy, and fo largely limb'd,
Thar, up into the Aire he cannot rife.
And, though in Wings and Feathers, he appcares
A goodly Fowle, and beares his Head fo high,
As if he could oretop the lower Spheres j
And, farre above the towring Eagles flie ;
So ufelt-flc are thofe Feathers, and thofe Wing
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To game him Name among their aiery Race 5
Thar, he muft walke with iuch Infeiiour things,
As in this Common- Region, have their place.
Such Fowles as thefe, arc that Gayplumed-Crew,
Which (to high place and Fortunes b ing borne)
Are men of goodly worth, in ourward view ;
And, in themfelve