“For what doth serve all that this world contains,Sith she for whom those once to me were dear,No part of them can have now with me here?”William Drummond of Hawthornden "What doth it Serve?" Poems (1616)
“Of this fair volume which we World do nameIf we the sheets and leaves could turn with care,Of him who it corrects, and did it frame,We clear might read the art and wisdom rare.”William Drummond of Hawthornden Human Folly http://www.bartleby.com/40/196.html
“Doth then the world go thus, doth all thus move?Is this the justice which on Earth we find?Is this that firm decree which all doth bind?Are these your influences, Powers above?”William Drummond of Hawthornden The Problem http://www.bartleby.com/40/197.html.
“Make an eternal spring;Give life to this dark world which lieth dead.Spread forth thy golden hairIn larger locks than thou wast wont before,And emperor-like decoreWith diadem of pearl thy temples fair.”William Drummond of Hawthornden "Phoebus Arise". Poems (1616)