Classic Poem

Angel-Like Man, An

An Angel like Man.

He which (prouokt) endures, as borne to beare;
 and lookes alike in greatest weale and woe;
That so lones good , that ill he nought doth feare;
 and ebbes in Minde when Fortunes most doe flow .

That bounds Desire with lesse than he enioyes:
 (for, onely nothing's lesse then Nature needes)
That holds all Vertues deare; all else by toyes;
 and, meekely, scowres Prides rust, from his bright deeds .

That's better than hee seemes , yet seemes the best :
 but, without scandall , seekes to seeme the worst:
That, quell'd with Crosses, thinks him highly blest;
 and, for the Blisse of all, would dye accurst:
 In summe: that would doe all that All should do
 For loue of All: this Man's an Angell too .English