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TO HIS KINSMAN, SIR THO. SOAME by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: SEEING THEE SOAME, I SEE A GOODLY MAN
Last Line: THE GOLDEN CHAIN TOO, AND THE CIVICK CROWN.
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, thy selfe one of Those Senatours:
Not wearing Purple only for the show;
(As many Conscripts of the Citie do)
But for True Service, worthy of that Gowne,
The Golden chain too, and the Civick Crown.



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