Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd By I. T. [i.e. John Tatham] |
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To Ostella, an Advise before she send an Answer.
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To Ostella, an Advise before she send an Answer.
Let loose your reason first, and then
exile those Enemies to love;
Those flattering Thoughts, that in your Sex do reign,
as Self-Conceit, Pride, and Disdain,
Which do such desp'rate Tenets move,
That you can live without us Men,
So to your selves you do injurious prove,
A losse to Nature, Hereticks to Love.
exile those Enemies to love;
Those flattering Thoughts, that in your Sex do reign,
as Self-Conceit, Pride, and Disdain,
Which do such desp'rate Tenets move,
That you can live without us Men,
So to your selves you do injurious prove,
A losse to Nature, Hereticks to Love.
Let not your glass abet your will;
for though it speak you fair,
It bids you not to hope to raise a Fame
out of the Reliques of a flame;
Nor think your Beauty is not rare,
Unless it hath the force to kill.
So Tyrants lest their names forgot should be,
Do some Grand Act to scare Posterity.
for though it speak you fair,
It bids you not to hope to raise a Fame
out of the Reliques of a flame;
Nor think your Beauty is not rare,
Unless it hath the force to kill.
So Tyrants lest their names forgot should be,
Do some Grand Act to scare Posterity.
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