Exhortation to learn by others' Trouble. Songs and Sonnets. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. 1880. The Poetical Works

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–47). The Poetical Works. 1880.

Songs and Sonnets

Exhortation to learn by others’ Trouble


MY Ratclif, 1 when thy rechless 2 youth offends,
Receive thy scourge by others’ chastisement;
For such calling, when it works none amends,
Then plagues are sent without advertisement.
Yet Solomon said, the wronged shall recure:	5
But Wyatt said true; ‘The scar doth aye endure.’

Note 1. Perhaps Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe, one of the gentlemen pensioners. [back]

Note 2. Careless. [back]