Good Men Afflicted Most

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Title:     Good Men Afflicted Most
Author: (Poet) Robert Herrick [More Titles by Herrick]

God makes not good men wantons, but doth bring
Them to the field, and, there, to skirmishing.
With trials those, with terrors these He proves,
And hazards those most whom the most He loves;
For Sceva, darts; for Cocles, dangers; thus
He finds a fire for mighty Mutius;
Death for stout Cato; and besides all these,
A poison, too, He has for Socrates;
Torments for high Attilius; and, with want,
Brings in Fabricius for a combatant:
But bastard-slips, and such as He dislikes,
He never brings them once to th' push of pikes.

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(Poet) Robert Herrick's poem: Good Men Afflicted Most

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