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Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.

Embleme I

XVI. Geffrey Whitney

A MIGHTIE spyre, whose toppe dothe pierce the skie,

An iuie greene imbraceth rounde about;

And while it standes, the same doth bloom on highe,

But when it shrinkes, the iuie standes in dowt.

The piller great our gratious princes is;

The braunche the churche, whoe speakes vnto hir this:

“I that of late with stormes was almoste spent,

And brused sore with tirants’ bluddie bloes,

Whome fire and sworde with persecution rent,

Am nowe sett free, and ouerlooke my foes:

And whiles thou raignst, oh most renowmed queene!

By thie supporte my blossome shall be greene.”