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Show 14° TO E M S.^ •T*< • ' Thou hafc*oo long to m e confined bcen,^l r W h o mine arri without, pafiion within;* on tti M v mind h funk torfow thy tenderncfs^P ™ And m y condition does deferve&Ms; V™* ^ r m fo entangl'd and fo loft a tMng «A By all the fflocks rrhyl daily forraroF bring, That wouldft thptjfdr thy old Orinda call, Thou hardly couldft unravel her at all. And fhould I thy cfea* fortunes interline With the inceffant rnheries of mine ? No, no, I never fevvd at fuch a rate, T o tie thee .to the)tigours of myfate, As from m y obligations thou art free, Sure thou rfhalt b^4bifixMiimy4njuryv'idi r Though every other xviorthinefe i mifs, ;r> ni Yet I'll at lea# tte ^nerous in this. - - I'd rather perifhdwrtHout figh o* groan^*3 3i Than thou fhouldft -J* condemn'd to give Mt one? Nay, in m y Soul Ji rkher could allow oc Friendfhip <houldbe<a fuffy-e^rthan thou: G o then, fince m y fad Heart has fet the* free. Let all the loads and chains remain on me. Though I be left the. prey of Sea and Wind, Thou^being happy wilt in that be kind j Nor fhalll m y undoing much deplore, Since thou art fafe, w h o m I muft value mote* O h ! mayft thou ever be fo, and as free From alt ills elfe, as from m y company, And may the Torments thou haft had from it, Be all that Heaven will to thy life permit. And that they may thy Virtue fervice do, Mayft thou be able to forgive them too: But though I muft this (harp fubmiffion learn, I cannot ry<rtntmwifh thy dear concern. Not one hew comfort I expect to fee, I quit m y joy, Hope,> Life, and all but thee -, IW - ~ j - - - j j j 7 - -~z 7 f Nor feek I thence ought that may difcompbfe That Mind where fo fetene a gc#$^fs gfcrc T ' • iiO ot I souKJ •mmtnm- I K I "f^* T 0 E M S. 141 I ask no inconvenient kindnefs now, To move thy paffion, or to cloud thy brow; And thou wilt fatisfie m y boldeft plea By fome few foft remembrances of me, Which may prefent thee with this cand'id thought, I meant not all the troubles that I brought. O w n not what Pafiion rules, and Fate does crufh, But wifh thou couldft have done't without a blufh And that I had been, ere it was too late, Either more worthy, or more fortunate, s, -y Ah who can love the thing they cannot prize ? But thou mayft pity;though thou doft defpife. Yet I fhould think that pity bought too dear If it fhould coft thofe precious Eyes a tear. O h may no minutes trouble thee pofleft, But to endear the next hours happinefs', And may ft thou when thou art from m e remold, Be better pleas'd, but never worfe belov'd: O h pardon m e for pouring out m y woes In Rhime now, that I dare not do't in Profe* For I muft lofe whatever k call d dear, And thy afliftance all that loft to bear, And have more caufe than e'er I had before, To fear that Ffiiall never fee thee more. 1 " " ' ' > i » i '••• On tlye i. of January 1637. TH' Eternal Centre of my life and me, W h o when I was not, gave m e room to be, Hath fince (my time preferving m his hands) By moments numbred out the precious farids, Till it is fwellM to fix and twenty years, Checquer'd by Providence withfiniles and tears. I have obferVd how vain all Glories are/i* Hi The change of Empire, and the chance of W a r : Seen Faction with its native venom burft, And Treafon ftruck, by what it felf had'nursU \ Seen \ |