Maxioms by Michael Drayton
Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been,
The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were read more
Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been,
The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen.
Of doues I haue a dainty paire
Which, when you please to take the aier,
About your read more
Of doues I haue a dainty paire
Which, when you please to take the aier,
About your head shall gently houer,
Your cleere browe from the sunne to couer,
And with their nimble wings shall fan you
That neither cold nor heate shall tan you,
And like umbrellas, with their feathers
Sheeld you in all sorts of weathers.
By them there sat the loving pelican,
Whose young ones, poison'd by the serpent's sting,
With her read more
By them there sat the loving pelican,
Whose young ones, poison'd by the serpent's sting,
With her own blood to life again doth bring.
The falcon and the dove sit there together,
And th' one of them doth prune the other's feather.
The falcon and the dove sit there together,
And th' one of them doth prune the other's feather.
