<p>Here 's but one Line ; and, but one Line a Day,<lb/> Is all the taske our Motto, seemes to lay:<lb/> And, that is thought, perhaps, a thing so small,<lb/> As if it were as good bee nought at all.<lb/> But, be not so deceiv'd; For, oft you see<lb/> Small things (in time) great matters, rise to be:<lb/> Yea, that, which when the same was first begun,<lb/> A Trifle seem'd, (and easie to be done)<lb/> By long nelect of time, will burthensome,<lb/> And, at the last, impossible, become.<lb/> Great Clarkes, there are, who shall not leave behinde them,<lb/> One good Weekes worke, for Future-Times to minde them,<lb/> (In Callings, either Humane, or Divine)<lb/> Who, by composing but each Day a Line,<lb/> Might Authors, of some famous Workes appeare,<lb/> In sixtie, seventie, or in eightie yeare;<lb/> To which, ten hundred thousands have arrived<lb/> Of whom, we see no signe that ev'r they lived.<lb/> And, with much pleasure, wee might all effect,<lb/> Those needfull Works, which often we neglect,<lb/> (Vntill too late) If we but, now and then<lb/> Did spare one houre to exercise the penn.<lb/> For, still, one-Line, another draweth on,<lb/> And, Line by Line, great Workes at last are done.<lb/> Whereas, disuse, and many dayes mispent,<lb/> Without their Lines, let in discouragement,<lb/> Or, bring Despaire ; which doth so sottish make us,<lb/> That we, to no endeavour can betake us.<lb/> Marke this, and, labour in some honest Way,<lb/> As much as makes, at least, One Line a Day,<lb/> </p>

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A hand from the clouds draws a line on a slab with a quill; in the background two people climb a mountain (Helicon?) with Pegasus on top

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<p>NULLA DIES SINE LINEA.</p>

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<p>Each Day a Line, small tasks appeares:<lb/> Yet, much it makes in threescore Yeares.</p>

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Nulla dies sine linea