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Show t$2 TO E M S. Haft more above all titles then The bearers are 'bove common men 5 And fo heroick art within, Thou muft defcend to be a Queen. Yet honour may convenient prove, By giving thy Soul room to move: Affording fcene unto that mind,^ Which is too great to be confin'd. Wert thou with fingle vertue ftor'd, T o be approv'd but not ador'd \ Thou might'ft retire ', 'but w h o e'er meant A Palace for a Tenement ? Heaven has fo built thee, that w e find Thee buried when thou art confin'd : If thou in privacy wouldft live, Yet luftre to thy vertues give 5 T o fiifle them for want of air, Injurious is to Heavens care. If thou wilt be immur'd, where Shall thy obliging foul appear ? Where fhall thy generous prudence be, And where thy magnanimity ? Nay thy own Darling thou doft hide, Thy felf-denial is deny'd \ For he that never greatnefs tries, Can never fafely it defpife. That Antoninus writ well, when He held a Scepter and a Pen: Lefs credit Solomon does bring As a Philofopher than King *, So much advantage flows from hence, T o write by our Experience. Diogenes I muft fufpect O f envy more than wife neglect, W h e n he his Prince fo ill did treat, And fo much fpurned at the great: A cenfure is not clear from thofe » W h o m Fate fubiects. or does depofe ; Nor TO EMS: t6} Nor can w e Greatnefs underftand From an oppreft or fallen hand: But 'tis fome Prince muft that define, Or one that freely did refign. A great Alman%or teaches thus, Or elfe a Dionyfius. For to know Grandeur w e muft live In that, and not in perfpective 5 Vouchsafe the tryal then, that thou Mayft fafely wield, yet difallow The Worlds temptations, and be ftill Above whatever would thee fill. Convince Mankind, there's fomewhat more Great than the Titles they adore: Stand near them, and 'twill foon be known Thou haft more fplendor of thy o w n j Yield to the wanting Age, and be Channel of true Nobility : For from thy W o m b fuch Hero's need muft rife, W h o Honours will deferve, and can defpife. To Paftora being with her Friend. Hile you the double joy obtain O f what you give, and what you gain • Friendfhip w h o owes you fo much Fame, Commands m y Tribute to your Name. w 2. Friendfhip that was almoft forlorn, Sunk under every Critick's fcorn ; But that your Genius her protects, Had fled the World, at leaft the Sex. You have reftored them and us, Whence both are happy 3 Cafar thus Y 2 Owd |