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“Yea, now I see, methinks what weak and vain Supporters I have sought, to help sustain My fainting heart; when injurious hand Would undermine the station where I stand. Methinks I see how scurvy, and how base It is, to scrape for favors and for grace To men of earthly minds, and unto those Who may, perhaps, before to-morrow, lose Their wealth, or their abused authority, And stand as much in want of help as I.” — George Wither
Yea, now I see, methinks what weak and vain
Supporters I have sought, to help sustain
My fainting heart; when injurious hand
Would undermine the station where I stand.
Methinks I see how scurvy, and how base
It is, to scrape for favors and for grace
To men of earthly minds, and unto those
Who may, perhaps, before to-morrow, lose
Their wealth, or their abused authority,
And stand as much in want of help as I.