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Show 7§ 9 0 EMS. On the little Regina Collier, on the fame Tomb-flone. Virtue's Bloflbm, Beauty's Bud, The pride of all that's fair and good, By Death's fierce hand was fnatched hence In her ftate of Innocence : W h o by it this advantage gains, Her wages got without her pains. Friendfhip. LEt the dull brutifh World that know not L ove, Continue Hereticks, and difapprove That noble Flame •, but the refined know, 'Tis all the Heaven w e have here below. Nature fubfifts by Love, and they do tie Things to their Caufes but by Sympathy. L ove chains the different Elements in one Great Harmony, link'd to the Heav'nly Throne. And as on Earth, fo the bleft Quire above O f Saints and Angels are maintained by Love ••> That is their Bufinefs and Felicity, And will be fo to all Eternity. That is the Ocean, our Affections here Are but ftreams borrow'd from the Fountain there. And 'tis the nobleft Argument to prove A Beauteous Mind, that it knows how to Love. Thofe kind Impreflions which Fate can't controul, Are Heaven's mintage on a worthy Soul. For Love is all the Arts Epitome, And is the Sum of all Divinity, He's worfe than Beaft that cannot Love, and yet It is not bought for Money, Pains or Wit; For no chance or defign can Spirits move. But the Eternal deftiny of Love: And V - P 0 E M S. And when two Souls arc chang'd and mixed fo, It is what they and none but they can do. This, this is Friendfhip,- that abftracted flame Which groveling Mortals know not how to name. All Love is facred, and tlie Marriage-tie Hath much of Honour and Divinity. But Luft, Defign, or fome unworthyEnds M a y mingle there, which are dcfpis'd by Fricnck Paffion hath violent extreams, and thus All oppofitions are contiguous. So when the end is ferv'd their L ove will bate, If Friendfhip make it not more fortunate : Friendfhip, that Love's Elixir, that pure fire Which burns the clearer caufc it burns the higher. For Love, like earthly fires (which will decay If the material fuel be away) Is writh offenfive fmoke accompanied, And by refiftance only is fnpplied: But Friendfhip, like the fiery Element, With its o w n Heat and Nourishment content, Where neither hurt, nor fmoke, nor noife is made^ Scorns the affiftance of a foreign aid. Friendfhip (like Heraldry) is hereby known, Richeft when plaineft, braveft when alone j Calm as a Virgin, and more Innocent Than fleeping Doves are, and as much content As Saints in Vifions $ quiet as the Night, But clear and open as the Summer's li^ht; United more than Spirits Faculties, Higher in thoughts than are the Eagle's eyes ; What fhall I fay ? when w e true friends are grown., W ' are like-^-Alas, w' are like our fcives alone. 7? rie I |