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To the New-yeare for the Countesse of Carlile.
Give
Lucinda Pearle, nor Stone,
Lend them light who else have none,
Let Her beautis shine alone.
Lend them light who else have none,
Let Her beautis shine alone.
Gums nor spice bring from the East,
For the Phenix in Her brest
Builds his funerall pile, and nest.
For the Phenix in Her brest
Builds his funerall pile, and nest.
No tyre thou canst invent,
Shall to grace her forme be sent,
She adornes all ornament.
Shall to grace her forme be sent,
She adornes all ornament.
Give Her nothing, but restore
Those sweet smiles which heretofore,
In Her chearfull eyes she wore.
Those sweet smiles which heretofore,
In Her chearfull eyes she wore.
Drive those envious cloudes away,
Vailes that have o're-cast my day,
And ecclips'd Her brighter ray.
Vailes that have o're-cast my day,
And ecclips'd Her brighter ray.
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Let the royall Goth mowe downe
This yeares harvest with his owne
Sword, and spare Lucinda's frowne.
This yeares harvest with his owne
Sword, and spare Lucinda's frowne.
Janus, if when next I trace
Those sweet lines, I in her face
Reade the Charter of my grace,
Those sweet lines, I in her face
Reade the Charter of my grace,
Then from bright Apollo's tree,
Such a Garland wreath'd shall be,
As shall Crowne both Her and thee.
Such a Garland wreath'd shall be,
As shall Crowne both Her and thee.
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