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Show i64 TO EMS. Ow'd Rome the glories of bit Reign, And R<?/#e ow'd him as much again* 4. You in your friend thofe Joys have foiind Which all Relations can propound', What Nature does 'mong them difpeife* You multiply in her Convert*. You her Enjoyment have purfu'd In Company, and Solitude *. And wherefoever fhe'll retire, There's the Diverfion you ddfire. 6. Your Joys by this arermore inwenfei i T And heat contrafted grows intenfe fc jmiV And friendfhip tp be fuch to ydu, Will make thefe Pleafures, Honours too. 7.; 4 *jfni Be to e^ch other that Content, As to your Sex y'are Ornament 5 And may your hearts by mixture loft, Be ftill each others Blifs and Boaft. Impoffible your Parting be As that you e er fhould difagree ', • _ Lxbnrq eu >wo oi i qifl)l But that you may feverely live, y (T - You muft th' offending AVorld forgive, And to employ your Charity, You have an Object n o w in me* 10, MyPenfbmuch for you unfit, uiasO UJO^ tob Prefents m y Heart, though not m y W i * V ' » Which Heart admires whatcyou exprefs, More than what Monarchs do pofiefs-; f • r ,\ , j - . I O 11. Fear T OEMS. y% •1 11. Fear not infection from m y Fate, Though I muft be unfortunate, For having paid -my Vows due, I Shall foon withdraw, wither and die. V •' - To my Lord and Lady Dungannon, on their Marriage^ 11 May, 1662. T O you, who, in your felves, do comprehend A H you can wifh, and all w e can commend 5 W h o m worth does guide, and deftiny obey, What Offerings can the ufelefs Mufes pay ? Each muft at once fiifpend her charming Lyre, Till flie hath learnt from you what to inlpire : Well may they wonder to obferve a Knot, So curioufly by Love and Fortune wrought, T o which propitious Heaven did decree, All things on earth fhould tributary be; By gentle, fure, but unperceiv'd degrees, As the Sun's motion, or the growth "of Trees, Does Providence our wills to hers incline, And makes all accidents ferve her defign : Her Pencil (Sir) within your breaft did draw The Picture of a Face you never faw. With touches, which fo fweet were and fo true, By them alone th' original you knew *, And at that fight with fatisfaction yield Your freedom which till then maintain'd the field* 'Twas by the fame myfterious power too, That fhe has been fo long referv'd for you ', Whofe noble pafiion, with fubmiffive art, Difarm'd her fcruples and fubdu'd her heart. And now that at the laft your Souls are ty'd, W h o m floods nor difficulties could divide, Ev'n you that beauteous Union may admire, Which was at once Heaven's care, and your deiire. You ! |