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Show IOi TOE MS. 'Tis fin then to lament thy Fate, but we Should help thee to a new Eternity ; And by fucceffivc Imitation ftrive, Till Time fhall die, to keep thee ftill alive V And (by thy great Example furnifh'd) be More apt to live than write thy Elogy. On Rofania'x Apoflacy, and Lucafia'/ Friend/hip. G R e a t Soul of Friendfhip, whither art thou fled ? Where doft thou n o w chufe to repofe thy head > Or art thou nothing but voice, air and name, Found out to put Souls in purfuit of fame ? Thy flames being thought Immortal, w e may doubt Whether they e'er did burn that fee them out. .1.^ Go, weary'd Soul, find out thy wonted reft, In the fafe Harbor of Orinda s Breft; There all unknown Adventures thou haft found In thy late Tranfmigrations expound; That fo Rofanits darknefs may be known T o be her want of Luftre, not thy own. r - • Then to the Great Lucafia have recourfe, There gather up new excellence and force, Till by a free unbyaft'd clear Commerce, Endearments which no Tongue can e'er reherf| Lucafia and Orinda fhall thee give Eternity, and make even Friendfhip live. Hail, Great Lucafia, thou fhalt doubly fhine, V-Vhat was Rofania s o w n is now twice thine$ Thou faw'ft Rofania s Chariot and her flight, And fo the double portion is thy right: Though 'twas Rofanias Spirit be content, Since 'twas at firft from thy Orinda fent. • To) i * ! T 0 E M S. To my Lady Elizabeth Boyle, Singing now affairs, 8c& SUbduing Fair ! what will you win T o ufe a neecllefs Dart ? W h y then fo many to take in One undefended Heart ? I came expos'd to all your Charms, 'Gainft which the firft half hour I had no will to take up Arms, And in the next no Power. H o w can you chufe but win the Day, W h o can refift your Siege, W h o in one action know the way T o Vanquifh and Oblige ? Your Voice which can in melting ftrains Teach Beauty to be blind, Confines m e yet in ftronger Chains, By being foft and kind. Whilft you m y trivial fancy fing, You it to wit refine, As Leather once ftamp'd by a King Became a Current Coin. By this m y Verfe is fure to gain Eternity with men, Which by your Voice it will obtain, Though never by m y Pen* Fd rather in your Favour live Than in alaftingName, And much a greater rate would give THapmnefs than Fame. P % Snbmiffiom |
