Francis Beaumont. 1586-1616

William Drummond. 1585-1649.

God never had a church but there, men say,

The Devil a chapel hath raised by some wyles.[196:1]

I doubted of this saw, till on a day

I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Gyles.

Posthumous Poems.

What things have we seen

Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been

So nimble and so full of subtile flame

As if that every one from whence they came

Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,

And resolved to live a fool the rest

Of his dull life.

Letter to Ben Jonson.

Here are sands, ignoble things,

Dropt from the ruined sides of kings.

On the Tombs of Westminster Abbey.

It is always good

When a man has two irons in the fire.

The Faithful Friends. Act i. Sc. 2.