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Show 142 TO EMS. Seen ufelefs Crirne,^. whofe Owners but made way For future-Candidates to wear the Bay. • [q ;: ' • .' \ 1 T(7 jrfy Lrfrfy M. Cavendifli, fffojfeg rik M«w i c of Policrite. 'TO J ~*Hat Nature in your frame has taken care, v As well your Birrh as Beauty do declare, Since w e at once difcover in your Face, The luftre of your Eyes and of your Race: And thatlrjour fhape and fafhion does atteft, So brigljt a form has yet a brighter GuefrV T o future times authentick fame fhall bring, Hiftorians ^all relate, and Poets fing. But fince your bQuqdlefs mind upon rhyhead, Sorhe/cay'sof fpki^dor is content to fhed J: And left I'luffer by the great furprize, Since you fubmit to meet m e in difguife, Can lay afide what dazles vulgar fight, And to Orinda, can be Policrite. You muft endure m y Vows, and find the w ay T o entertain fuch R?tes as I can pay : For fo the Pow'r Divine new praife acquires, By fcorning nothing that it once infpires: I have no merits that your fmile can win, Nor offering to appeafe you when I fin; Nor can m y ufelefs homage hope to raife, W h e n what I cannot ferve, I ftrive to praife : But I can fove, and love at fuch a pitch, As I dare boaft it will ev'n you enrich ; For kindnefs is a Mine, when great and true, O f Nobler Ore than ever Indians knew ', 'Tis a]l diat Mortals can on Heav'n beftow, And all that Heav'n can value here below. J ( TOE MS. ^ T * • i • tyainfi Love. HEnce Cupid with your cheating Toies, Your real Griefs, and painted Joies,' Your Pleafure which it felf deftroies. Lovers like m e n in Fevers burn and rave, And only what will injure them do crave. Mens weaknefs makes Love fo fevere They give him power by their fear, And make the Shackles which they wear. W h o to another does his heart fubmit, Makes his o w n Idol, and then worfhips it. Him whofe heart is all his own, Peace and liberty does crown, He apprehends no killing frown. He feels no raptures which are joies difeas'd, And is not much tranfported, but ftill pleas'd. A Dialogue of Friendfhip multiplyed. Mufidorus. W i l l you unto one fingle fonfe Confine a ftarry Influence; Or when you do the raies combine, To themfelves only make them fhine ? Love that's engroft'd by one alone, Is envy not affection. Orinda. N o Mufidorus, this would be But Friendfhips prodigality 5 Union in raies does not confine, But doubles luftre when they fhine, And |
