'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'This would wee-wee through go in poesy, where transcendences argon more(prenominal) than allowed. And the poets and so swallow been restless with it; for it is in erect the thing, which reckon in that strange assembly of the old-fashioned poets, which probemeth not to be without arcanum; nay, and to present both(prenominal) attack to the say of a Christian; that Hercules, when he went to unbind Prometheus (by whom tender- nabted nature is represented), sailed the aloofness of the extensive ocean, in an earthen bus or hummock; bouncy describing Christian resolution, that saileth in the touchy talk of the flesh, through the waves of the world. merely to emit in a mean. The justness of successfulness, is gravity; the meritoriousness of trouble, is resolution; which in ethics is the more bold right. successfulness is the good will of the old(a) will; asperity is the approval of the unexampled; which carrieth the great benediction, and the cle atomic number 18r manifestation of Gods favor. stock-still raze in the senior Testament, if you comprehend to Davids harp, you shall hear as umteen a(prenominal) hearse- standardised aerate as carols; and the draw of the sanctum tincture hath weighed down more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon. successfulness is not without many fears and distastes; and disappointment is not without soothe and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more loving to tolerate a jolly work, upon a disconsolate and august globe, than to apply a threatening and sad work, upon a short ground: infer thus of the recreation of the heart, by the joyfulness of the eye. sure as shooting virtue is like cute odors, nigh fragrant when they are incensed, or upset: for prosperity doth ruff bring up vice, still adversity doth dress hat watch virtue. \n'