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Show 64 P 0 E M S. But your Perfection heightens others Crimes, And you reproach while you inform the Times. Which fad advantage you will fcarce believe j Or if you muft, you do conceal and grieve. You fcorn fo poor a foil as others ill, j And are Protector to th' unhappy ftill; Yet are fo tender when you fee a fpot, You blufh for thofe who for themfelves could not. You are fo much above your Sex, that we Believe your 1 ife your greateft courtefie : For Women boaft, they have you while you live A Pattern and a Reprefentative, And future Mothers who in Child-birth gronc. Shall wifli for Daughters, knowing you are orte. The world hath Kings whofe Crowns are cemented, Or by the bloud they boaft, or that they fhed : Yet thefe great Idols of the ftoopirfg crew Have neither Pleafure found, nor Honour true. They either fight, or play \ and Power court, In trivial anger, or in cruel fport. You, who a nobler Privilege enjoy, (For you can fave whom they can but deftroy ) An Empire have where different mixtures kifs \ You're grave, not four, and kind, but not remifs. Such fweetned Majeftie, fuch humble State, Do love and reverence at once create. Pardon (dear Madam) thefe untaught Eflayes, I can admire more fitly than I praife. Things fo fublime are dimly underftood, And you are born fo great, and are fo good, So much above the Honour of your Name, And by neglect do fo fecure your Fame ; Whofe Beauty's fuch as captivates the Wife, Yet only you of all the World defpife \ That have fo vaft a Knowledge fo fubdued, Religion fo adorn'd, and fo purfued; A Wit fo ftrong, that who would it define, Will need one ten times more acute than mine; T 0 E M I Yet rul'd fo that its Vigour manag'd thu, Becomes at once grateful a n d geherous Whofe Honour has fo delicate a Senfc, W h o always pardon, never give offence ; S ° ^ . n g nothing, y e t fo all are kind W h o have fo large a Heart, fo rich a M b d '• VVUk A i ?. Tyranny and Pride; W h > d o m love like fonathln defcend, V V W " P T r ^ 5° d ° a t h y°ur h W Friend • Whofe kindnefs and whofe modefty if Lh ' vvSfV't and deferve fo -7 W h o have fuch candid worth fafikA Where we fo much mayTove' and fo "IT"' But all are found fo fweetly oppofite, As are ln Tnians Pieces Shade and Light • That he that would your great Defcriprion try Though he write well, would be as loft a sI ^ W h o of In,u„ous Zeal convided ftand B u r l yr°U.rith t h°ld and bad a h»"d I Bu tha, hke other Glories, I p r efu m e ' You will enlighten, where you might confute. Parting fritt, Lucafia, A Song. i. WEll wewill do that rigid thing Th^„U A ur \ m?HS SPe&itors think we part; Though Abfence hath for none a fting ? But thofe who keep each others heart. 2. And when our Senfe is difpoffeft Our labouring Souls will heave'and pant, K And |