Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Danielwas an English poet and historian...
above himself poor unless
Unless above himself he can / Erect himself, how poor a thing is man.
ears world
And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
monsters multitudes
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
nurse vices flattery
Flattery, the dangerous nurse of vice.
adversity distress english-poet examples fair greatest misery works wrought
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.