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Show 5o T 0 E M S. For Envy's felf could never errour fee Within that Soul, 'bating her love to me. N o w as I muft confefs the name of Friend T o her that all the World doth comprehend, Is a moft wild Ambition ; fo for me T o draw her Picture is flat Lunacy. O h ! I muft think the reft j; for w h o can write, Or into words confine what's Infinite ? To the Queen of Incovfiancy, Regina Collier, in Antwerp. i. UNworthy, fince thou haft decreed Thy Love and Honour both fhall bleed, M y Friendfhip could not chufe to die In better time or company. a. What thou haft got by this Exchange Thou wilt perceive, when the Revenge Shall by thofe treacheries be made, For which our Faith thou haft betray'd. 3- When thy Idolaters fhall be True to themfelves, and falfe to thee, Thou'lt fee that in Heart-merchandife, Value, not Number, makes the price. 4- Live to that day, my Innocence Shall be m y Friendfhip's juft defence: T 0 E M S. For this is all the World can find, While thou wert noble, I was kind. 5i The defp'rate game that thou doft play At private Puiines cannot ftay ; The' horrid treachery of that Face Will fure undo its native place. 6. Then let the Frenchmen never fear The victory while thou art there : For if J« ins will call Judgments down, Thou haft enough to ftock the Town. To my Excellent Lucafia, on our Friendship. I Did not live until this time Crown'd m y felicity, W h e n I could fay without a crime, I am not thine, but Thee. This Carcafs breath'd, and walkt, and flcpt,- So that the World believ'd There was a Soul the Motions kept; But they were all deceiv'd. For as a Watch by art is wound T o motion, fuch was mine: But never had Orinda found A Soul till fhe found thine; Which now infpires, cures and fupplies, And guides m y darkned Breaft: For thou art all that I can prize, M y Joy, m y Life, m y Reft. H 3 No |