Maxioms by Thomas Middleton
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
