To the Right Honourable William, Lord Russell, Son and Heire of Francis Earle of Bedford
Well doth the Lilly to the life expresse,
In you the inbred naturall purenes,
Like as the Lilly hath a lively white,
Lively so shadows it your nature right:
In innocence not with your own content,
Aime you at pleasure in the innocent;
May still the number of such men increase.
Regard who gives where-ever righteousnes,
Vertue or grace they happen to perceive,
Seing th' example you unto them leave:
Such is your innocence, that you regard
Ev'n swarms of Lillyes , purity reward,
Lure Lilly swarm , O do you ever still,
Lillys like living with a pure white will.
In you the inbred naturall purenes,
Like as the Lilly hath a lively white,
Lively so shadows it your nature right:
In innocence not with your own content,
Aime you at pleasure in the innocent;
May still the number of such men increase.
Regard who gives where-ever righteousnes,
Vertue or grace they happen to perceive,
Seing th' example you unto them leave:
Such is your innocence, that you regard
Ev'n swarms of Lillyes , purity reward,
Lure Lilly swarm , O do you ever still,
Lillys like living with a pure white will.
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