Classic Poem

To my worthy friend Dudley Norton Esquire.

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Thou that attend'st our pole (searse visible
But eminent in vertue and effect)
On whome our world is staidly-voluble,
For which our world should Him and His affect;
Thou art as happy in thy case and coate
As were the seruants of greate Salomon;
Sith thou on wealth and wisdomes flouds maiste floate
(Flowing from him) till thou be left vpon
Th' Armenian mount of safety, ioy and rest;
Where when thou art thou maist thyselfe vn-arke,
Or make thy seate vpon that mountaines crest
And fill the vales with vines past further carke
It's the worst fortune I do wish to thee:
Then through my wish thou maist my will behould:
My wish is cleare where through thou well maist see
That though I cannot good thee, yet I would
 Thy worth with mee is in so high account
 That if I could I would soone make thee mount.