The Gold-hater. Nahum Tate Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ... 1677 pp. 78-79. [15],133p.

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The Gold-hater . WEll , I perceive the Antipathy Is mutual now 'twixt Gold and Me ; For that flies me as fast as I The false pernicious mettal flie . So wild a Prey why shou'd I Trace That yields no Pleasure in the Chase ? A Prey that must with Toil be sought , And which I prize not when 'tis Caught . Gold I contemn when rude i'th' Oar , But in a Crown despise it more . No Crown can any Temples fit So well , but 'twill uneasie sit . By an Eternal Law of Fate , Vexations still attend on State ; Insep'rable by Humane Art , A Crown'd-Head and an Aking-Heart .