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By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips: The matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of French

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Tendres desers out of a French prose.

Go soft desires, Love's gentle Progeny,
And on the Heart of charming Sylvia sieze,
Then quickly back again return to me,
Since that's the only cure for my disease;
But if you miss her breast whom I adore,
Then take your flight, and visit mine no more.