Power And Peace.

Let kings command and do the best they may,
The saucy subjects still will bear the sway.

Great cities seldom rest; if there be none
T' invade from far, they'll find worse foes at home.

Love and the Graces evermore do wait
Upon the man that is a potentate.

If kings and kingdoms once distracted be,
The sword of war must try the sovereignty

Where pleasures rule a kingdom, never there
Is sober virtue seen to move her sphere.

God can do all things, save but what are known
For to imply a contradiction.