English poem
To His Kinsman, Sir Thos. Soame.
Seeing thee, Soame, I see a goodly man, And in that good a great patrician. Next to which two, among the city powers And thrones, thyself one of those senators; Not wearing purple only for the show, As many conscripts of the city do, But for true service, worthy of that gown, The golden chain, too, and the civic crown.
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- To His Kinswoman, Mrs. Penelope Wheeler.
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