Of the Few Adherers to Virtue.

Of the Few Adherers to Virtue. 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 p. 117. [15],133p.

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Of the Few Adherers to Virtue . THat Virtue Points our Way to Happiness , Ev'n the Profane in Cooler Moods Confess : But 'Cause the Brave and generous are Few , Thin Trains this Guid to Happiness pursue . Who ' Vouch her Cause , must ' bett a Suffring side Expos'd to all the Out-Rages of Pride . She's Exil'd now , and 'tis not strange to see Mean Souls desert afflicted Majestie : But when just Heav'n ( and sure that Time draws on ) Restores this Empress to her Starry Throne , With Crowns She will enrich her Loyall Few . Whilst Shame and Vengeance Crush the Rebel Crew .